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Pte. William Henderson
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Pte. William Henderson
British Army 1st/6th Btn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
from:Nitshill
(d.29th Dec 1916)
William Henderson was born in 1897 in Nitshill, to James (Smith) Henderson. His step-mother was Annie Henderson. He had five siblings, John Paterson, James Smith (half brother), Thomasina, Agnes and Elizabeth.
He enlisted in Pollokshaws on 15th December1914, and served with the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1st/6th Battalion. He died on 29th December 916 and is buried Gorre British and Indian Cemetery.
Pte. William Buntin Henderson
British Army 2nd Btn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
from:Scotland
(d.15th Apr 1917)
William Buntin Henderson served with the 2nd Battalion, Black Watch during WW1 and died on the 15th April 1917, aged 27. He is remembered at the Alexandria-Chatby Memorial, Egypt. He was the son of Mr.& Mrs. John Henderson , 7 Forest Park Road, Dundee, Scotland. William was among reinforcements for Mesopotamia when the troop ship HT Cameronia was torpedoed and sunk 150 miles east of Malta.
William Henderson
British Army 8th Btn. C Coy. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. William Buntin Henderson
British Army 2nd Btn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
from:Dundee, Scotland
(d.15th April 1917)
William Henderson died 15th April 1917, aged 27. He is commemorated on the Alexandria (Chatby) Memorial in Alexandria, Egypt. William was among reinforcements for Mesopotamia when the troop ship HT Cameronia was torpedoed and sunk 150 miles East of Malta. He was the son of Mr.& Mrs. John Henderson of 7 Forest Park Road, Dundee, Scotland.
Pte. William Atkinson Henderson
British Army 19th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Wooler, Northumberland
(d.27th November 1916)
William Henderson was killed in action on 27th of November 1916. Aged 26 years. He is buried in Faubourg D'Amiens cemetery, Arras. according to the the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour. he was the only son of Isabella Henderson, of 1, Queen's Rd., Wooler, Northumberland, and the late James Henderson, husband of Annie Mary Henderson.
Pte. Denis Hendren
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
sWB
Pte. Joseph Hendrick
British Army 22nd Btn Durham Light Infantry
served with 22nd & 18th DLI
Pte. Harry Hendricks
British Army 2nd Btn. Leinster Regiment
(d.23rd Aug 1918)
Pte. Harry Hendricks served with the Leinster Regiment 2nd Battalion. He was executed for desertion on 23rd August 1918 aged 46 and is buried in La Kreule Military Cemetery, Hazebrouck, France. He was the oldest soldier to be executed, an American who served in an Irish regiment. Henry Hendricks was 46 years old and the third American to be executed under the British Army Act.
L/Sgt. George Hendrie
British Army 2nd Btn. Devonshire Regiment
from:Finsbury, London
(d.31st July 1917)
George Hendrie enlisted in Finsbury, London. He was a Lance-Serjeant with 2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment and was killed in action on 31st July 1917. This was the opening day of the Battle of Pilckem Ridge, the opening attack of the Third Battle of Ypres.
At 0350 on the 31st of July, the 2nd Devons attacked from Railway Wood. That morning their Colonel was killed and 12 of their 20 officers and 230 of their men were killed or wounded. Amongst them was George. The CWGC records his name and he is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial to the missing.
Capt. Hendry
British Army No. 16 Stationary Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps
RQMS. David Douglas Hendry
British Army 18th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
David Douglas Hendry served with the 18th HLI.
L/Cpl. Henry Oscar Hendry MM.
British Army 1/7th Btn. London Regiment
from:1 Aline Rd, West Ham, Essex
(d.7th Oct 1916)
Henry Hendry was my great grandmother's brother. In 1911, aged 20, he lived with his parents William and Elizabeth at 1 Aline Road, West Ham, Essex and worked as an accounts clerk. He enlisted with the 1st/7th City of London Battalion as a Private, at Sun Street (date unknown).
On 7th of October 1916 his battalion, part of the 47th Division, attacked the Butte de Warlencourt, during the Battle of The Somme. Henry was reported 'Missing presumed dead' after the attack and his name is carved on the Thiepval Memorial.
Welfare Officer. Ruth Hendry
Womens Land Army
from:Biddenham, Bedford
In 1911 Ruth Hendry went to a dairying course at the Agricultural College in Kilmarnock. Being too young to take the National Dairy Diploma, she returned home to Biddenham, Bedfordshire, and studied chemistry during the winter. The next summer she went to Reading University and there took the National Dairy Diploma. She subsequently ran dairies in Ireland and in Devonshire.
During the early part of WW1 she was an instructress at a farm school in Kent, then a lecturer in Lincolnshire where she travelled to many villages demonstrating the making of skim milk cheeses. In early 1918, she became a welfare officer for the Land Army. Ruth was appointed to the welfare of the counties of Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire which she travelled first on a bicycle and then on a motorcycle visiting and coping with the problems of the land army girls.
In 1919 Ruth and a friend led the land army girls in the peace procession through the town of Bedford. The Land Army was then de-mobbed and Ruth had a variety of appointments in industry culminating with 25 years service as personnel manager with Yardley and Company in the east end of London until her retirement in 1954. In 1951 Ruth was awarded an MBE for her contribution to the welfare of employees in industry and during the wars.
Pte. Thomas Hendry
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
(d.22nd Apr 1915)
Thomas Hendry of the 1st Battalion Royal Scots, died of wounds sustained during fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke in the Sceond Battle of Ypres. Thomas was 25 years old, the sSon of Mrs. Margaret Hendry of 55 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, he had been born at Galashiels, Selkirkshire. He is buried in Bedford House Cemetery.
Pte. Arthur Hendy
British Army 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment
Mjr. Frederick Heneker
British Army 22nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.1st July 1916)
Mjr. Frederick Heneker
British Army 21st Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Sjt. Walter Ernest Hennah
British Army 1st Btn. Border Regiment
from:14 Scales Road, Tottenham, London
(d.28th Apr 1915)
Walter Hennah was my Great Uncle. He was born on 28th September 1889 in Tottenham, London. His parents were Albert and Sarah Hennah (nee Manning) of 14 Scales Road, Tottenham. Walter had three brothers and three sisters. In 1907 at the age of 18 he enlisted at Stratford and joined the Border Regiment.
The Border Regiment was stationed in Burma (now Myanmar) when war was declared and returned to England in 1915. In April of 1915 his Battalion was sent to Gallipoli. Sadly, Walter was killed in the first battle of Krithia on 28th April 1915. His name appears on the Helles Memorial as there is no known grave. Walter was much loved by his family.
L/Cpl. Charles Frederick Hennessey
British Army 11th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Willington Quay, Northumberland
(d.8th October 1916)
Pte. James Hennessey
British Army 1st Btn. Irish Guards
from:Glascote, Warks
(d.8th August 1915)
Pte Hennessey is mentioned on the war memorial at Dosthill, Warks as he worked at local Pooley Hall Colliery.
He is buried at the Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France.
Stoker 1c Garrett Hennessy
Royal Navy HMS Arabis
from:Dunmanway, Co. Cork
(d.11th Feb 1916)
CSM. George Hennessy
British Army Kings Liverpool Regiment
from:Liverpool
Company Sergeant Major George Hennessy is my Grandfather. In researching his war record I was given a framed embroidered regimental badge. This was signed by him on the back in June 1918 "Studley Court Worcester" which I can only believe was a Convalescent home or Hospital, where this embroidery was used as a recovery aid. I have not found a Studley Court in any record of WW1 hospitals or convalescent homes so far. Can anyone help in finding information about Studley Court?
Grandad took off to Canada secretly within four months of the end of the war and I only traced his whereabouts some years after he died. Other family members still living have no knowledge of what happened to him.
Editor's Note: Studley Court, Stourbridge was used as a Red Cross Auxiliary Hospital during World War I.
Sgt Herbert William Hennessy MM
Royal Fusiliers 22nd Btn City of London Regiment
from:Birr, Co. Offaly, Ireland
(d.17 Feb 1917)
Pte. John Albert Hennessy
Australian Imperial Forces 36th Btn.
from:Nymagee, New South Wale
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Sgt. Michael Joseph Hennessy
British Army Royal Irish Fusiliers
I have a marriage certificate for my grandfather, Michael Joseph Hennessy which states that he was at a hospital at the time of marriage. He was a sergeant in the Royal Irish Fusiliers, it also says that his job was a restaurant superintendent. It is not clear whether this was at the hospital or whether he himself was a war casualty. I have very little information about my grandfather apart from this.
Pte. Bernard Hennigan
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Wrekenton
Pte. Ernest Edward Henniker
British Army 9th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment
from:West Peckham, Kent
(d.21st Feb 1918)
Ernest was a brother to my grandfather on my mother's side. Ernest was born in Smarden, Kent and enlisted in Tonbridge, Kent serving with the 9th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment in France from 1st September 1915. Ernest died on Thursday 21st February 1918. I have, as yet, found no records of his unit being involved in any major actions around this date. They where involved in the 3rd Battle of Ypres in particular the Battle of Pilckem Ridge on 31st July to 13th September 1917 and the Battle of Langemarck on 16th to 18th August 1917. Their next major engagement was the Battle of the Somme (Battle of St Quentin) on 21st to 23rd March 1918 (after his death).
Ernest has a grave in Tincourt New British Cemetery on the Somme and is commemerated on a plaque in St Dunstan's Church, West Peckham, Kent and as a Lost Man on the War Memorial at Smarden, Kent.
Ernest's brother George (my grandfather) also served with the Royal Garrison Artillery in France being awarded the Military Medal and surviving the war.
L/Bdr. George William Henniker MM.
British Army 3rd Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:West Peckham, Kent
George Henniker was my grandfather on my mothers side. During my research I have discovered that he enlisted on 25th October 1915. George served with the Royal Garrison Artillery. His medal cards at the National Archive show that as a gunner he was with the 128th battery (not known if that was the 128th Heavy Battery or the 128th Siege Battery, both units saw service in France).
George went on to be promoted to Lance Bombardier and was serving with the 3rd Siege Battery at this time. He was awarded the Military Medal on 21st December 1918 allegedly for an action involving him taking a water cart behind enemy lines and returning with water for the troops (more research required). George was transferred to 'Z' Reserve on 2nd April 1919 and returned home safely to West Peckham.
George had a brother Ernest who served with the 9th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment who unfortunately did not survive the war and is buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery on the Somme.
Pte. John Henretty
British Army 8th Battalion Black Watch
from:Edinburgh
(d.12th October 1917)
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