Clifford Stanley Hench - Born 14 July 1928 - Islington, Middlesex

My wife, who is currently undergoing radiation treatment, befriended her nurse. My wife mentioned my interest in World War II research and the nurse said that her father had served in the British Army. Based on his birthdate, I would imagine that it was post-war.

Can anyone point me in the right direction regarding where I could find more information about this gentleman short of requesting his service records.

Clifford Stanley Hench - Born 14 July 1928 - Islington, Middlesex

Thanks in advance.

 

Well this Clifford Hench of exactly the same birth date seems to have left UK/Northern Ireland to emigrate to Canada

UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960
Name: Clifford Hench
Gender: Male
Departure Date: 12 May 1955
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Destination Port: Montreal, Canada
Ship Name: Saxonia
Search Ship Database: Search for the Saxonia in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping line: Cunard Steam Ship Company, Limited
Master: Alexander B Faster


Otherwise Ancestry only has his birth & marriage cert details. Be interesting to confirm or deny the above

TD

Forgot to add best wishes to your wife and hope all goes well, take care of each other

 

Clifford married May E Stockton in 1951

There is a Mary E Hench who marries in 1966 - Gerald R J Cecil - then it looks as though she goes to live in USA

Mind you there is also a border crossing for Clifford from Canada to USA and a marriage for him in Conneticut 1959 - 2012

TD

 

Thanks, TD. I am also on Ancestry and found the same information regarding his personal life. He currently resides in Connecticut but is afflicted by dementia. His family is trying to find out his military service, which I would assume is post-war. I think that his service may have been under National Service, which began in January 1949. He would have been the correct age for that period of conscription. He probably served sometime between 1949 and 1955 since he emigrated to Canada and eventually the US in 1955 as you have noted above. I have tried Fold3 with no luck.

 

Any idea what sort of engineer he was, might direct you to a type of military service/training

TD

 

I will try and find out regarding the engineer bit. My wife will see the family tomorrow. I will print some of the documents out regarding this man for her.

 

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Might lead somewhere; Walter S Hench married Nora Clifton in 1927, Islington London. No results on 1939 register apart from a lady in Wales. Also found Walter Henke (variant of Hench) born 1906, Islington.

 

Thanks 51Highland.

Walter Stanley Hench and (Henrietta) Nora Clifton were his parents. I also found that maternal grandfather was a mechanical engineer and worked at an iron foundry. Clifford Stanley Hench was also and engineer. This may lead to his branch of service being RE.