Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Edward Pense
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Pense,
Henry Edward
Date of birth: 1899-08-02
Place of birth: Kingston Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Elizabeth M. Pense, mother, 436 Princess Street, Kingston, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Newspaper Reporter
Occupation (normalized): Reporter
Address:
Not specified
Religion: Methodist
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant-Colonel
(21st Battalion)
Rank detail
Lieutenant-Colonel, 21st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Survived war: yes
Battle wounded/killed: wounded September 15th, 1916, Sugar Factory, near Courcelette, the Somme
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
563852
Service file: B7724-S031
Uploader's Notes: "For some years before the war Lieut.-Colonel Pense was associated with Brigadier-General W. St. P. Hughes in the 14th Regiment (Princess of Wales's Own Rifles), of Kingston, Ontario. On the mobilization of the 21st Canadian Battalion he was taken on the strength as a Lieutenant, and posted as a Platoon Commander in "A" Company. On the 5th of Feburary, 1915, he was promoted to the rank of captain, and assumed the duties of Second-in-Command of "C" Company, which post he held until appointed to command "A" Company in the fighting at the St. Eloi craters in April, 1916. He was appointed an Acting-Major on July 1st, 1916, and was wounded on September 15th, 1916, when the Battalion captured the Sugar Factory, near Courcelette, on the Somme. Rejoining the Battalion in February, 1917, he was promoted to the temporary rank of Major, from the 18th of January, 1917, and appointed Adjutant on the 25th of February of the same year. He held this appointment until assuming the duties of Second-in-Command of the Battalion on the 29th of October, 1917. On the death in action of the late Lieut.-Colonel E.W. Jones, the present Commanding Officer was appointed to command the Battalion, and promoted to the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on the 9th of August, 1918."
Uploader's Research notes:
Originally enlisted with the rank of Captain.
Historical Calendar, 21st Canadian Infantry Battalion (Eastern Ontario Regiment) Belgium, France, Germany, 1913-1919. Aldershot : Gale and Polden, Ltd., 1919; [online] Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historicalcalend00unse : accessed 24 July 2014), page 15.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2006-10-26
Last modified: 2014-07-24