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Military service
Service number:
888512
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
46th Bn.
Birth:
March 8, 1892
Death:
May 5, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Avion Mem 5
Digital gallery of Private William Robert Hendry
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Cemetery
La Chaudiere Military Cemetery - La Chaudiere Military Cemetery is located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, very near the town of Vimy, France. The cemetery is 13 kilometres north of Arras, France. May they rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Grave marker
The grave marker at La Chaudiere Military Cemetery located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, very near the town of Vimy, France. The cemetery is 13 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Memorial
Special Memorial: "To the memory of these 23 soldiers of the British Empire killed in action in 1917 and buried at the time in the Canadian Military Graves Avion. Avion British Cemetery (The Sandpits) and Chinook Annapolis and Sumach Cemeteries, Vimy whose graves were destroyed in later battles. Their glory shall not be blotted out" (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
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William Robert HENDRY was born March 05, 1892 in Goldenburgh, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada, and died May 05, 1917 in VIMY, Pas de Calais, FRANCE. He was the 6th child of nine born to Robert (1858-1942) and Jane (1858-1917, nee BROWN) HENDRY of Sowerby, Ontario. -
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Robert Hendry
Digital gallery of
Private William Robert Hendry
Digital gallery of
Private William Robert Hendry
Digital gallery of
Private William Robert Hendry
Digital gallery of
Private William Robert Hendry
Digital gallery of
Private William Robert Hendry
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 255 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY is approximately 3 kilometres south of Lens and is situated on the north-western outskirts of Vimy.
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