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Military service
Service number:
436418
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn. formerly 51st Bn.
Birth:
January 12, 1890
Bristol, England
Enlistment:
January 15, 1915
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
September 25, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVII. C. 16.
Additional information
Son of Clare Mary Watson (formerly Hensler), Dublin, Ireland and John Gordon Hensler.
Digital gallery of Private Cyril Gordon Hensler
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. He was discovered and exhumed at a later date and now rests in a marked grave.May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … Private Cyril Gordon Hensler is also commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France ... photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Cyril Gordon Hensler
Digital gallery of
Private Cyril Gordon Hensler
Digital gallery of
Private Cyril Gordon Hensler
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 102 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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