Allegiance Canada Role GC Rank Corporal Died June 13, 1941 | Battles/wars World War II † Awards George Cross Name James Hendry Battles and wars World War II | |
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Born 20 December 1911
Falkirk, Scotland ( 1911-12-20 ) Buried at Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey Place of burial Brookwood Cemetery, Brookwood, United Kingdom | ||
Part 1 safari live with james hendry in the mara triangle on sept 22 2016
James Hendry, GC (1911–1941) was a Canadian corporal who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for gallantry and self-sacrifice displayed on June 13, 1941 while attempting to extinguish a fire in an explosives store.
Contents
- Part 1 safari live with james hendry in the mara triangle on sept 22 2016
- James hendry meets wild dogs on foot
- The George Cross
- References
Hendry was born in Falkirk, Scotland on 20 December 1911 to parents John and Janet Hendry. The family lived in Geraldton, Ontario before the war with several working in the local gold mines.
James hendry meets wild dogs on foot
The George Cross
Hendry was serving with No.1 Tunnelling Company of the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, who had been given the task of digging the tunnel between Loch Spey and Loch Laggan to supply water to the British Aluminium works at Fort William, when a fire broke out in an explosives store near Loch Laggan. The twenty-nine-year-old ordered his colleagues to run to safety and attempted to extinguish the blaze, rather than attempt to escape the inevitable explosion. The huge blast also killed his colleague Sapper John MacDougall Stewart, and seven more were injured.
Hendry was buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey. The Royal Canadian Engineers dedicated their range control building to the corporal in recognition of his bravery in 1994. In August, 2008, a memorial cairn honouring Corporal Hendry was unveiled at Loch Laggan near where he was killed. The ceremony was attended by his last surviving brother, William Hendry, of Thunder Bay, Ontario.