William Ernest Henson

Rank:

Corporal

Regimental number:

772148

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

July 26th, 1917

Cemetery:

Loos British Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - I.A.3.

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Northamptonshire

Birth city:

Wellingborough

Address at enlistment:

Bright, Ontario

Next of kin address:

11 Northampton Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. He was instantly killed at Loos on the night of July 26th 1917, when an enemy shell landed in the trench he was occupying.

BX August 9, 1917

The official casualty list issued at noon today contains among the list of killed the name of W.E. Henson, of Brantford.

BX August 12, 1917

Killed in Action

W.E. Henson, reported killed in action is Corporal William Ernest Henson of the 125th Battalion, who was residing at Bright. He was one of the M.P.’s of that battalion, and was drafted to France in October 1916. His parents live in England. He was 25 years of age and had many friends in this city.