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Military service
Service number:
642798
Age:
39
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
9th Battalion
Birth:
March 4, 1879
Alliston, Ontario
Enlistment:
November 21, 1916
Alliston, Ontario
Death:
September 14, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. D. 18.
Additional information
Husband of Bella Henderson of Alliston, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Sapper William Henderson
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Temporary Grave Marker
A photo of Spr. William Henderson's grave in Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, France. He was killed in action near Villers-les-Cagnicourt on the 14th day of September 1918. -
Group Photo
William Henderson (front row, first on the left) attested with the 157th Overseas Battalion C.E.F. in Alliston on November 21, 1915. Previously, he served in the 36th Regiment Active Militia for seven years. After going overseas, he was transferred to the 9th Battalion, Canadian Engineers. His attestation papers indicate that he was a stone cutter by trade. He was killed in action in the vicinity of Villers-les-Cagnicourt, France. He was survived by his wife, Bella Henderson and his infant son, William Douglas Haig Henderson. -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Henderson
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Henderson
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Henderson
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Henderson
Digital gallery of
Sapper William Henderson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 427 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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