Henley by-election, 1917
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The Henley by-election of 1917 was a by-election in Henley caused by the death of Major Valentine Fleming
during World War I
. The Conservative Party candidate Robert Hermon-Hodge won the subsequent by-election.
Valentine Fleming
Major Valentine Fleming, DSO was a British Conservative Member of Parliament who was killed in World War I.-Early years:...
during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. The Conservative Party candidate Robert Hermon-Hodge won the subsequent by-election.