William Ernest Henson

Rank: 
Corporal
Regimental number: 
772148
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
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: 
23

Letters and documents

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.