BORN HULL 1897. ONLY CHILD OF FRANCIS CHARLES HENSON (1873-1946) & MARY ELIZABETH MIDDLEMISS (1872-1949), OF 71, VICTOR STREET, HULL & 2, JOHN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS MOTHER WAS A MILLINERY SALES WOMAN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/06/1917, AGED 19. HE IS BURIED AT WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, FRANCIS.
NB: HARRY HENSON, 11TH EYR, 25 JOHN STREET, HULL ; PTE. JOHN HENSON, EYR – 32 SOMERSET STREET, HULL.
First name:
FRANCIS WILFRED
Regiment:
Military Number:
201396
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/06/1917
Place died:
Wancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
19
