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Name: William Anthony HENDERSON
Casualty No.: Ranks: Private Initials: W A Service No.: 16595
Date of Birth : - Place of Birth : Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Age at Death: 30
Unit: 8th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers.
Former Unit(s):
Place Enlisted: Hexham, Northumberland.
Place of Residence: Hexham, Northumberland.
Home Address: Back Row, Hexham, Northumberland.
Previous Address:
Civilian Employment: Employed by Northumberland County Council to work on the roads.
How Died: Killed in action
Date of Death: Saturday 7th August 1915
Place of Death: Gallipoli, Turkey.
Battle/Campaign: Dardanelles/Gallipoli Campaign, Turkey, 1915. Suvla Bay Landings, 6th – 7th August 1915.
Locally Commemorated: No
UK Commemorated: Hexham War Memorial, Abbey Grounds, Hexham, Northumberland.
Overseas Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Buried: No known grave.
Decoration and Medals:
Photographs: 1
Service Records: No
Death Notice/Obituary:
Family Details:
Son of Mrs Margaret Henderson of 12 Sedley Road, Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Husband of Jane Isabella Henderson, 7 Back Row, Hexham, Northumberland. Father of five children.
Notes :
Sources Used: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War. The faith and fire within. In memory of the men of Hexham who fell in the Great War by Alan Isaac Grint (Ergo Press, Hexham, Northumberland, 2006).
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