Name
Henry Gordon Marchant
23 Jun 1889
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
31/10/1917
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
769
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY
VIII. B. 14.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
HIM THAT COMETH TO ME I WILL IN NO WISE CAST OUT
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Northchurch memorials Not on the Berkhamsted memorials
Pre War
Henry Gordon Marchant was born on 23 Jun 1889 to Henry Marchant an innkeeper of Tally Ho Beerhouse, and Emily (nee Sales at Toyshill, Brasted, Sevenoaks , Kent.
In 1917 he married Emily Curl, a native of Northchurch, Herts.
Wartime Service
Henry attested on 20 Aug 1914 in Ottawa, Ontario. His Unit, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, sailed from Quebec aboard ‘Royal George’ on 3 Oct 1914 for England and went on to France 20 Dec 1914. Henry was wounded in Mar 1915 at Ypres with a Grenade wound to the side, and promoted to Lance Corporal on 13 Mar 1915 and Corporal on 29 Mar 1915. In Jun 1915 he sustained a bullet wound to his right shoulder which took him to Hospital at Rouen France and evacuation to Newcastle. By Sept he was transferred to Canadian Convalescent Hospital and returned to Unit. By Oct 1917 He was involved in the Battle of Passchendaele and on 30 Oct 1917 was again wounded, Head and Chest wounds. Having been taken to 44 Casualty Clearing Station, he died from his wounds on 31 Oct 1917.
Additional Information
His Widow Emily received a gratuity of $180 and a pension.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Jonty Wild, www.dacorumheritage.org.uk/first-world-war-database
