Major Everard Francis Scott Henderson, 2nd Battalion the Leicestershire Regiment. He was the only son of Charles James and Agnes Anne Henderson, formerly of Glassingallj Perthshire, and Coltbridge Hall, Edinburgh. Educated at Rugby School, Warwickshire (1896-1897). Joined the South Staffordshire Militia in 1898, and was attached to the 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment for the Second Anglo Boer War, deploying to South Africa in Mar 1900. He took part in actions at Houtnek, Biddulphsberg, and Wittebergen, and received the Queen's Medal with two Clasps. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Leicestershire Regiment on 18 Apr 1900. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 18 Jun 1901, to Captain on 29 Apr 1907 and to Major on 1 Sep 1915. After South Africa he served in Egypt and subsequently in India. In 1904 he was sent on a special mission to Baluchistan for signalling purposes and was made a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society for his work there. In 1906 he was appointed Adjutant to the Coorg and Mysore Rifle Volunteers, and in 1912 became Military Staff Officer in the Windward Islands. On the outbreak of WW1 in Aug 1914, the important harbour and
coaling-station of St Lucia was entirely unprotected. He built fortifications, using guns supplied by the French Commander at Martinique, and at the same time erected a Wireless Station, in order to keep in touch with the Navy. After the destruction of the German Fleet in the Battle of the Falkland Islands, on December 8th, 1914, all danger to the West Indies was removed, and he applied to rejoin his Regiment. He was sent to the Front in France in Mar 1915 and then to Mesopotamia in Nov 1915. The 2nd Battalion
fought in the Battle of Sheikh Saad (6-8 Jan 1916) on the Tigris, the first attempt to break through to the beseiged British forces at Kut. They fought all afternoon of 6 Jan 1916, and had dug themselves in after dark, 400 yards from the Turkish
trenches, when Major Henderson was shot dead by a sniper aged 34 years. He is commemorated on the Basra War Memorial, Iraq.
He is also commemorated on the Rugby WW1 Memorial in the Rugby School Chapel, Lawrence Sheriff Street, Rugby, Warwickshire, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/136533).
coaling-station of St Lucia was entirely unprotected. He built fortifications, using guns supplied by the French Commander at Martinique, and at the same time erected a Wireless Station, in order to keep in touch with the Navy. After the destruction of the German Fleet in the Battle of the Falkland Islands, on December 8th, 1914, all danger to the West Indies was removed, and he applied to rejoin his Regiment. He was sent to the Front in France in Mar 1915 and then to Mesopotamia in Nov 1915. The 2nd Battalion
fought in the Battle of Sheikh Saad (6-8 Jan 1916) on the Tigris, the first attempt to break through to the beseiged British forces at Kut. They fought all afternoon of 6 Jan 1916, and had dug themselves in after dark, 400 yards from the Turkish
trenches, when Major Henderson was shot dead by a sniper aged 34 years. He is commemorated on the Basra War Memorial, Iraq.
He is also commemorated on the Rugby WW1 Memorial in the Rugby School Chapel, Lawrence Sheriff Street, Rugby, Warwickshire, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/136533).
Major Everard Francis Scott Henderson, 2nd Battalion the Leicestershire Regiment. He was the only son of Charles James and Agnes Anne Henderson, formerly of Glassingallj Perthshire, and Coltbridge Hall, Edinburgh. Educated at Rugby School, Warwickshire (1896-1897). Joined the South Staffordshire Militia in 1898, and was attached to the 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment for the Second Anglo Boer War, deploying to South Africa in Mar 1900. He took part in actions at Houtnek, Biddulphsberg, and Wittebergen, and received the Queen's Medal with two Clasps. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Leicestershire Regiment on 18 Apr 1900. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 18 Jun 1901, to Captain on 29 Apr 1907 and to Major on 1 Sep 1915. After South Africa he served in Egypt and subsequently in India. In 1904 he was sent on a special mission to Baluchistan for signalling purposes and was made a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society for his work there. In 1906 he was appointed Adjutant to the Coorg and Mysore Rifle Volunteers, and in 1912 became Military Staff Officer in the Windward Islands. On the outbreak of WW1 in Aug 1914, the important harbour and
coaling-station of St Lucia was entirely unprotected. He built fortifications, using guns supplied by the French Commander at Martinique, and at the same time erected a Wireless Station, in order to keep in touch with the Navy. After the destruction of the German Fleet in the Battle of the Falkland Islands, on December 8th, 1914, all danger to the West Indies was removed, and he applied to rejoin his Regiment. He was sent to the Front in France in Mar 1915 and then to Mesopotamia in Nov 1915. The 2nd Battalion
fought in the Battle of Sheikh Saad (6-8 Jan 1916) on the Tigris, the first attempt to break through to the beseiged British forces at Kut. They fought all afternoon of 6 Jan 1916, and had dug themselves in after dark, 400 yards from the Turkish
trenches, when Major Henderson was shot dead by a sniper aged 34 years. He is commemorated on the Basra War Memorial, Iraq.
He is also commemorated on the Rugby WW1 Memorial in the Rugby School Chapel, Lawrence Sheriff Street, Rugby, Warwickshire, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/136533).
coaling-station of St Lucia was entirely unprotected. He built fortifications, using guns supplied by the French Commander at Martinique, and at the same time erected a Wireless Station, in order to keep in touch with the Navy. After the destruction of the German Fleet in the Battle of the Falkland Islands, on December 8th, 1914, all danger to the West Indies was removed, and he applied to rejoin his Regiment. He was sent to the Front in France in Mar 1915 and then to Mesopotamia in Nov 1915. The 2nd Battalion
fought in the Battle of Sheikh Saad (6-8 Jan 1916) on the Tigris, the first attempt to break through to the beseiged British forces at Kut. They fought all afternoon of 6 Jan 1916, and had dug themselves in after dark, 400 yards from the Turkish
trenches, when Major Henderson was shot dead by a sniper aged 34 years. He is commemorated on the Basra War Memorial, Iraq.
He is also commemorated on the Rugby WW1 Memorial in the Rugby School Chapel, Lawrence Sheriff Street, Rugby, Warwickshire, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/136533).
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