CVWM Page does not exist. Records indicate he died of a war related cause.
Source: Duty Nobly Done Roll of Honour 18th Bn. compiled and edited by Edward H. Wigney.
Family Search: When Private Henry Badgley was born on 8 November 1882, in Carleton, Ontario, Canada, his father, Alexander Ahua Badgley, was 32 and his mother, Amarilla Emily Lindsey, was 29. He married Mary Lavina Baker before 1904. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Kent, Ontario, Canada in 1911 and Wallaceburg, Kent, Ontario, Canada in 1916. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 34, his occupation is listed as farm labourer in Wallaceburg, Kent, Ontario, Canada. He died on 13 December 1921, in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 39, and was buried in Chatham, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.
Private Henry Badgley, reg. no. 189770.
This man enlisted with the 91st Battalion at St. Thomas, Ontario, on 3 January 1016. He was married and worked as a farm labourer. He practiced the Baptist faith.
He was transferred to the 186th Battalion, and it embarked from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 25 March 1917 for England, arriving at Liverpool on 7 April 1917, aboard the SS Lapland. On that day,e he was taken on strength with the 4th Canadian Reserve Battalion at Bramshott and served with that until he was transferred to the 18th Battalion.
This transfer required him to go “overseas,” and he arrived at No. 2 Canadian Infantry Base Depot at Etaples on 27 August 1917. He joined the 18th Battalion “in the field” on 5 September 1917.
On 12 November 1917, he was reported sick, and after several transfers to hospitals in France, it was determined he was suffering from a bayonet wound as well as Trench Feet and Fever. He was transported by the AT St. Denis to England on 30 November 1917 for treatment.
During his recuperation, he suffered from tonsillitis, and he had his tonsils removed on 9 February 1918.
By 9 February 1918, he was better and transferred to the 4th Canadian Reserve Battalion at Bramshott. He then earned permission to wear One Good Conduct Badge, effective 4 March 1918.
On 26 September 1918, he was back at No. 2 Canadian Infantry Base Depot and two days later, he arrived at the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp.
He returned to the 18th Battalion on 4 October 1918 and served the rest of the war and occupation with the 18th.
He was discharged due to demobilization on 31 May 1919 at London, Ontario.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 