Wilfred George Hendy

Memorial: Mangotsfield - St James Place

Regiment: Canadian Infantry

Rank and number: Lance Corporal 788848

Parents: George and Annie Hendy (nee Virgo)

Home address: Miller Street, Pembroke, Ontario

Date of birth: 28/12/1894

Place of birth: Emersons Green, Mangotsfield, Bristol

Date of death: 09/04/1917

Buried/Commemorated at: Has no known grave but is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Arras, France and the Pembroke Street Cenotaph, Ontario, Canada

Age: 22

Further information:

38th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Has no known grave but is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Arras, France and the Pembroke Street Cenotaph, Ontario, Canada

Wilfred was eligible for the British War and Victory medals but his mother wrote to the Canadian Military on 21st January 1921 refusing to accept her son's medals

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

Canadian Army War Records, 38th Battalion War Diaries, David Blackmore