18th Bn Officers

[kingo]

Officers of the 18th Battalion

[Gary Fisher]

Lt. C.Henshall was a member of my cricket club (Timperley CC) and I have been looking for a picture of him for some years now. To reduce the candidates in this group is it possible to say which of the officers in this group are lieutenants?

[kingo]

Captain Charles Henshall. The eldest son of George William and Annie, The Hollies, Timperley and himself a solicitor in a letter from his Commanding Officer says "leading his company into their second engagement in the present battle, he was struck by a piece of shrapnel which burst near to him and he sustained wounds from which he died almost immediately. By his death we have lost a friend., especially those of us who had known him so long, and the battalion has lost a splendid officer". (M.E.N of 18th July 1916)

[Gary Fisher]

Thank you for identifying this officer. Am I permitted to use this image in updating his 'page' on the IWM WW1 digital memorial?

Regards,

Gary