Charles Edward Peircy Henderson
Person details
| Forename(s) | Charles Edward Peircy |
|---|---|
| Surname | Henderson |
| Rank | Captain |
| Regiment | Royal Field Artillery |
| Age | 29 |
| Death | Killed in action |
| Place of Death | Martinpuich, France |
| Date of Death | 17/11/1916 |
| Year of Entry | 1900 |
| House Letter | E |
| School Notes | Junior Scholar |
| Comments |
Album contains an autograph. Obituary in Radleian of 16/12/1916 Three vols of notes at KCL archives: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/cats/liddell/li1502b.htm Son of EP Henderson, OR, (1864) War Memorial Ctte Minutes 20.3.1918: 'd. that the Charles Henderson Scholarship should be allocated to a boy studying primarily modern subjects.' |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | 71st Battery |
| Prefect | Prefect |
| Military Decorations | [MC] Military Cross, Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur |
| Album Number | 3 |
| Battle | Battle of the Somme |
| Previous Regiment | - |
| Additional Notes |
Added to Imperial War Museum 'Faces of World War One' project and Radley College War Memorial Flickr website on 11 March 2013 http://www.flickr.com/photos/radley_college_war_memorial/ 20.7.1918 The Radleian. Memorial. At evensong on Friday, June 28th, the Bishop of Oxford formally installed the Rev. Adam Fox as Warden; and also unveiled a window in the north side of chapel, erected to the memory of Captain Charles Edward Piercy Henderson, M.C., R:F.A., Chevalier de la Legion D'Honneur, who was killed in action on the Somme on Nov. I7, 1916. The Warden preached in chapel on the evening of Sunday the 30th. |
| Burial or Cemetery | FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ, Somme, France. Grave ref IV. J. 6. |
| Place of Birth | |
| Post School | Woolwich (4th in Compet. Entrance Exam 1904) |
| Shields in Hall |
