Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
69441
Age:
20
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
26th Bn.
Birth:
February 16, 1896
Saint John, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
November 19, 1914
St. John, New Brunswick
Death:
September 29, 1916
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Jennie Rangarten (formerly Henderson), of Saint John, New Brunswick.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star
Digital gallery of Company Sergeant Major William Henry Henderson
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. 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 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
William Henry Henderson -
Badge
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Daily Telegraph newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major William Henry Henderson
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major William Henry Henderson
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major William Henry Henderson
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major William Henry Henderson
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major William Henry Henderson
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major William Henry Henderson
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major William Henry Henderson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 101 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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