Geburtsdatum: 30/06/1898

Geburtsort: Moulin, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Vereinigtes Königreich, Schottland

Beruf: Schüler

Land: Vereinigtes Königreich, Schottland

Truppe: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Private

Dienstnummer: 38090

Einberufung ort: Pitlochry, Perthshire, Vereinigtes Königreich, Schottland

Einheiten:  —  Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), 2nd Bn.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Sterbedatum: 26/09/1917

Sterbeort: Hill 40, Zonnebeke, Belgien

Todesursache: Im Kampf gefallen

Alter: 19

British War Medal Medaille — 04/08/1920

Victory Medal Medaille — 04/08/1920

Private Robert Stuart Henderson was part of the 2nd Battalion Royal Scots (Lothian), 8th Brigade, 3rd Division. The Third Battle of Ypres, also known as The Battle of Passchendaele, officially took place from the 31st of July till the 10th of November 1917. 3rd Division fought in the Battle of Polygon Wood (26th September - 3 October 1917), a later phase within the Third Battle of Ypres.

Under 3rd Division the 8th Brigade attacked at 5:30 a.m. The 2nd Royal Scots and 8th East Yorks led, while 1st Royal Scottish Fusiliers and the 7th KSLI were in support. The 2nd Scots with their right flank on the railway, took the first objective (the Red Line) which ran from Van Isackere Farm, across the railway line and past the St. Josephs Institute.

The 1st Royal Scots and KSLI then advanced to take the western slopes of Hill 40, Zonnebeke, just short of the second objective (the Blue Line). Two Companies of the 2nd Royal Scots supported the attack of the 1st Royal Scots on Hill 40. An unsuccessful attempt to take Hill 40 was made at 6:30 p.m. Heavy fighting and several German counter attacks took place near Hill 40 and along the Blue Line, but after a strong British Counter attack by the 12th West Yorks almost all of the Second Objective was gained apart from, ground Between Hill 40 and Levi Cottages.

Robert Stuart Henderson was Killed in Action on 26th September 1917 aged 19. He is commemorated by the CWGC on Panel 13 of the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing, this means that Private Henderson's remains were either never discovered or could not be positively identified following the end of the war.

2 Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers , (The National Archives, KEW(TNA), WO 95/2340/1). https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14303 Verwendete Quellen

8 Infantry Brigade: 2 Battalion Royal Scots. (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/1423/4). https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14303 Weitere Quellen

Ewing J., The Royal Scots 1914-1919, (Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1925), pg. 480-482. Verwendete Quellen

McCarthy C., Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account, (London, Uniform, 2018), pg. 96-97. Verwendete Quellen

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/836213

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=a311a321-6b2a-41b5-b813-4f3d01b18163

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/1833824