William Henderson

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Falkirk
  • Service no: 276350
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
  • Unit/Ship: 1/7th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 30
  • Date of Death: 27.08.1918
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Vis-En-Artois Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 10

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Bonnybridge
  • Address: 35 Victoria Rd, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Agnes Henderson

  • Father:

    William Henderson, 16 Chaple Buildings, Bonnybridge

  • Siblings:

    James

  • Spouse:

    Miss Elizabeth McLaren (partner?) 35 Victoria Rd, Dundee

  • Children:

    1 child (name unknown)

More about William Henderson

William has no known grave but is remembered on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial. He was the brother of Pte James Henderson, 3/3081, ‘D’ Company, 10th Battalion Argyll & Surtherland Highlanders, who was killed in action, 08.03.1918.

William Henderson   276350   Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

HENDERSONKilled in action in France on 27th August 1918, Private William Henderson, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, aged 30, beloved second son of Wm. and Agnes Henderson, 16 Chapel Buildings, Bonnybridge, and dearly beloved nephew of George and Georgina Cockburn, 30 Raglan Street, Dundee. – Inserted by his loving cousin, Mrs Jessie M’Rae.

Dundee People’s Journal 5th October 1918

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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