William Heneker

Sir William Heneker
Sir William Heneker
	General Sir William Heneker c.1932
Birth name	William Charles Giffard Heneker
Born	22 August 1867; Sherbrooke, Canada
Died	24 May 1939 (aged 71); London, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
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 – 24 May 1939) was a Canadian 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.^[1]

^ Major Andrew Godefroy (editor). Bush Warfare: The Early Writings of General Sir William C.G. Heneker, KCB, KCMG, DSO. (Kingston, Ontario: Army Publishing Office for the Canadian Army Directorate of Land Concepts and Designs, 2008)

[1] Major Andrew Godefroy (editor). Bush Warfare: The Early Writings of General Sir William C.G. Heneker, KCB, KCMG, DSO. (Kingston, Ontario: Army Publishing Office for the Canadian Army Directorate of Land Concepts and Designs, 2008)

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