Military Service
Henderson volunteered for a commission in the Royal Engineers at the start of the First World War and was made the deputy director-general of transportation in Belgium and France, being chiefly concerned with railway transport. During his war service he was mentioned in dispatches on four occasions and rose to the rank of Brigadier-General. His war work was recognised by his appointment as a companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1918, the next year he was promoted to knight of the same order and also made a companion of the Order of the Bath. In addition to this the French government appointed Henderson an officer of the Légion d'honneur, as well as the Croix de Guerre, and the Belgian Government appointed him a commander of the Order of the Crown.
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