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Military service
Age:
37
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
August 5, 1880
Ealing, Middlesex, England
Enlistment:
February 20, 1916
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
August 16, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVIII. H. 6.
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Ellen Hemsley (née Streeten). Husband of Adina C. Hemsley, of Wimbledon, England. He was a veteran of the South African War.
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Francis (Frank) Hemsley -
Photo of Francis Henry Hemsley
Lt Francais (Frank) Hemsley. Image taken from CBC News video of his burial in April 2025 after his body was found during construction on the battlefield - https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/padre-from-p-e-i-helps-identify-unknown-wwi-soldier-and-then-presides-over-his-burial-in-france/vi-AA1FHikk?ocid=socialshare#details
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Lieutenant Francis Henry Hemsley
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Lieutenant Francis Henry Hemsley
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Lieutenant Francis Henry Hemsley
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Commemorated on:
Page 254 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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