Pte Henry Oscar Renner 6-D-4

Henry was born on  January 19 1921 in the farm community of Lajord, Saskatchewan, the son of Karl and Wilhelmina Renner, of White Rock, British Columbia.

He worked as a mill hand in Victoria British Columbia till called up for training and service under the NRMA in April 1942, He volunteered for active duty on 15 Jul 44 at Fort Mary Hill while serving in 5(BC) Cst Def Regt RCA, and transferred on July 16 1944 to the infantry at the 1st Cdn Inf Training Brigade at Debert Nova Scotia .

He arrived in the UK on  October 21 1944 and he went on  November 18 to  NW Europe. He joined 1 C SCOT R on  December 1 1944 in the Nijmegen Salient, and he was wounded by enemy action on January 18 1945, and was evacuated to Nos. 8 and 12 Cdn General Hospitals in Belgium, On April 5 1945 he rejoined the unit as a member of ‘D’ Coy, just before the fighting at Deventer.

Henry was killed in action on Saturday April 21 1945 age 24 during the first attack for the liberation of Wagenborgen. He was temporarily buried then in Siddeburen before being reburied on February 15 1946 in Holten

On his headstone: BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD REVELATION XIV.13

His medals were: 1939-45 Star, France-Germany Star; War Medal; CVSM & Clasp.

His name is mentioned at the monument in Wagenborgen.