Talk:Henry Bond (British Army officer)

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A nice article, but I have a few comments, mainly on place of birth, cause of death, and the title of this article.

I don't know if they have been used as sources (or perhaps, as their reliability is not clear, as sources for sources) but there seems to be some good information about Henry Hendley Bond out there:

• https://niallbrn.wordpress.com/2017/08/06/henry-hendley-bond-of-castlelyons-a-great-war-casualty/
• http://www.longfordatwar.ie/soldiers/16
• http://irishgenealogy.ie has online scans of his birth and death certificates:
  • His birth was registered in Ballymahon, County Longford, and the registration says he was born at Moigh, which is a house there.[1]
  • His cause of death is given as general paralysis of the insane which had afflicted him for 18 months (it appears to be a neurological complication of syphilis).[2]

From the above, it seems both of his parents were born in Ireland, his father in County Longford and his mother in Fermoy, County Cork, where her father was the agent for Sir Robert Abercromby, 5th Baronet. It seems Henry Bond, père, also served in the Royal Artillery, and was posted to India in 1872 (where a sister Edith was born, as listed on the 1911 census entry, already cited in this article) and then back in Ireland in 1873 when the son Henry was born (the 1911 census also gives his place of birth as County Longford, agreeing with the birth records). The family later settled near Castlelyons, which is within a few miles of the mother's family in Fermoy. The death of the father at The Manor, Castlelyons, was recorded by the son in 1903 - also available from http://irishgenealogy.ie

I don't know why Wisden on the Great War and ESPNcricinfo give a place of birth in India, but it is contradicted by the primary records linked above.

And then, disambiguating Henry as "cricketer" does not seem ideal. He played five first class matches in a period of three years in his 20s. Hardly a defining characteristic.

He served in the army for 27 years, became a brigadier general, was awarded the DSO and other awards. Something like Henry Bond (British army officer) or Henry Bond (British brigadier general) might be better, or even Henry Hendley Bond. If someone writes an article on his father (difficult, as sources seem very thin) it could be something like Henry Bond (British major general). What do the authors think? 213.205.240.148 (talk) 14:50, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your improvements to the article. The first two sources you list can't be proven to be reliable and the genealogy one is subscription only but I am happy to assume that you have seen and verified the records. The best way to deal with this is as you have already done: to mention both sources and the different places they give. I agree regarding the disambiguation and have moved the page to (British Army officer) which I believe is the usual disambiguator used, cheers - Dumelow (talk) 11:12, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

No problem - I just wanted to mention the first two as they seem independent but corroborate a lot of the information, and also give their own sources.

irishgenealogy.ie is not subscription only, but you might need to search for Henry Bond 1873 1918. The attempted links to the index pages don't appear to work well, so in the article I've gone direct to the PDFs. 213.205.240.167 (talk) 12:07, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Ah, yes I see it now. I was confused by the box you have to fill out and though it was a log in - Dumelow (talk) 12:18, 17 January 2019 (UTC)