William Heneker
| William Charles Giffard Heneker | |
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General Sir William Heneker c.1932
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| Born |
22 August 1867 Sherbrooke, Canada |
| Died | 24 May 1939 (aged 71) London, England |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1884–1932 |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | Connaught Rangers |
| Commands held |
Southern Command, India 3rd Division Rhine Garrison Independent Division, Rhine Army 8th Infantry Division 190th Infantry Brigade 54th Infantry Brigade 1st Infantry Brigade, Quetta Rawalpindi Infantry Brigade 1st Peshawar Infantry Brigade 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment |
| Battles/wars |
Anglo-Aro War North-West Frontier First World War |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches Légion d'Honneur (France) |
| Other work | Author of Bush Warfare (1907) |
General Sir William Charles Giffard Heneker KCB, KCMG, DSO (22 August 1867 – May 1939) was a Canadian-born and educated soldier who served with the British Army in West Africa, India, and then later on the Western Front during the First World War. A notable military strategist and tactician, he became one of the most experienced and highly decorated Canadians in the British Empire, and one of only a handful of Canadians to reach the rank of full general.
William Heneker was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec on 22 August 1867, the son of Richard William Heneker (1823–1912) and Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Edward Tuson R.N. He received his early education at Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Quebec, and then later entered military life when he enrolled at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario on 1 September 1884. Assigned student #168, he graduated from RMC on 28 June 1888 with the rank of sergeant and first class grades.
During the first several decades of RMC's existence it was common practice for the War Office in London to offer commissions in the British Army to the best Canadian graduates. Heneker accepted an Imperial commission with the 1st Battalion, Connaught Rangers as a second lieutenant on 5 September 1888. At the time the unit was serving in India and Heneker joined the regiment there. He was promoted to lieutenant 12 February 1890, and later received his promotion to captain on 10 March 1897. Soon after he was seconded to the Niger Coast Protectorate, and began the period of his career that would define his legacy.
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