Lance Corporal Reginald Henson

Army Number: 26137

Battalion : 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born in Nottingham and lived at 120, Blue Bell Hill, Nottingham. Son Harry Henry and Sarah Sophia Henson. He was a packing case maker prior to enlisting on 17th May 1915 at Nottingham. He was appointed Lance Corporal on 21st August 1915, went to France on 6th March 1916 and was killed in action, on 20th July 1916, aged 18, whilst the battalion was in the line near Bethune, France.

Buried: Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-lAvoue, France. Plot 3, Row K, Grave 4.

Lance Corporal Reginald Henson is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Bartholomew’s Church Roll of Honour, (Nottinghamshire Archives), Nottingham.