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In memory of:

Lieutenant Francis Henry Hemsley

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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 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.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 254 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

Loos (Loos-en-Gohelle) is a village to the north of the road from Lens to Bethune. From Lens, take the N43 towards Bethune. Arriving at Loos, turn right at CWGC sign post. The LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY is about 1 kilometre from Loos Church in the southern part of the village.

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