Royal Field Artillery (C Battery), Service no. 123686
Son of Thomas Henshaw and Emily Rider.
Husband of Florence Emily Ashton, of Hollis Buildings, Mount Pleasant, Kippax
Died 30th July 1917, aged 30
Story
Fitter Henshaw is a Great Uncle to Mr. Eric Ingham, Great, Great Uncle to Daniel and Nicholas Ingham and a Great, Great, Great Uncle to Caitlin, McKenzie, Katie and Sarah Ingham.
John enlisted in Driffield early in 1916. Before the war, he had married his wife in 1907 and was working as a gas fitter and stoker. His officer wrote to his parents stating that he had been struck in the head by a piece of shell, and that death had been instantaneous. His parents received £11 6d from the army after John’s death. He is buried in Hedge Row Trench Cemetery, Zillebeke Ypres, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
WW1 Memorial Scroll
Kippax Roll of Honour 