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Military service
Service number:
809152
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
50th Bn.
Birth:
June 17, 1888
Death:
May 7, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Francis Charles Rumsey
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted of the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of Francis Charles Rumsey
This photo is of my grandfather, mother, and aunt just prior to Private Rumsey shipping out. Unfortunately, I never met the man, though I would have truly liked it. -
Photo of Francis Charles Rumsey
This is a composite of a long-lost photo of my grandfather, my mother, and my aunt. Finding this photo really touched me in ways that very much surprised me.
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Charles Rumsey
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Charles Rumsey
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Charles Rumsey
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Charles Rumsey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 320 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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