Private Robert Ebenezer Henry

Private, 87th Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Robert E. Henry, the son of Ebenezer D. and Margaret E. Henry, of Huntingdon, P.Q. was killed in action in France on 21 October, 1916. He enlisted and was likely in France/Belgium in the early part of 1916. On 21 October he was killed in the attack on Regina Trench in the Courcelette part of the Somme, which captured a significant part of the Regina Trench. His death was instantaneous, caused by a bullet to the head. His body was initially buried at the back of Regina Trench, but in the subsequent fighting in the area, the grave was likely destroyed and his body was not identified after the war. He is memorialized on the wall of the Vimy Memorial with other Canadians who have no known grave.

Three day after his death, the rest of his regiment was decimated by friendly fire. Robert E. Henry had been apprenticed to W. S. Brown, Jeweler, and a well-known figure on the Huntingdon hockey team.