Private 8641 Samuel HENDERSON

Private 8641 Samuel Henderson{gallery}Pte S Henderson{/gallery}2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment
Killed in action in the First Battle of the Aisne, France and Flanders, 14th September 1914 aged 27

• Commemorated: La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France
  
• Awarded: 1914 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of James and Sarah Eleanor Henderson [nee Hancock] of 18 Upper Gough Street, Egbaston
• Husband of Anice Ethel Henderson [nee Bradbury – now Mullane]. Married Apr Qtr 1912 at Nuneaton
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Pte Henderson
• La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial
• Welsh Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1887 at and baptised on 16 Jan 1887 at Ansley
  
• Lived at 11 Exeter Place, Birmingham [1901]
  
• Lived at military barracks, Egypt [1911]
• Employed as a regular soldier [1911]
• Originally enlisted in Welsh Regiment 12 Jun 1902 at Cardiff. Discharged 30 Jan 1903 for “making a mis-statement about his age”
• Reappears in the Welsh Regiment in 1911 Census, based in Egypt
  
• Enlisted at Birmingham. Arrived in Theatre 27 Aug 1914