Basic Details
Surname
Henshaw
Forenames
Bryan
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
His biography on the college website (see references) states: ‘Bryan was the only child of Norman Scotson Henshaw of Oxton, Birkenhead and his wife, Beryl Stott. His father had served in the First World War and retained the rank of Colonel. He had been awarded the Military Cross, the O.B.E and T.D. His parents divorced and in 1947, his mother married Sir William Gray, 2nd Bt.
He was educated at Stowe from 1937 and matriculated in 1941. He was up at Christ Church for a year. He was a Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards when he was killed at Cassino. He is buried in the Cassino War Cemetery Plot III. J. 19.'
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Italy
Town of death
Monte Cassino
Country of burial
Italy
Town of burial
Cassino
Cemetery
War Cemetery
Year of death
1943
Month of death
November
Day of death
7
Age at death
20
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action