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John Hamshere

In memory of:

Lieutenant John Hamshere

July 12, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

42040

Age:

34

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Field Artillery

Division:

3rd Bde.

Citation(s):

Distinguished Conduct Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Honours and Awards:

Distinguished Conduct Medal

Additional Information

Born:

August 5, 1882
Brighton, Sussex, England

Enlistment:

September 22, 1914
Valcartier, Quebec

Son of Edwin and Jane Hampshire, of Billingshurst, Sussex, England.

Commemorated on Page 250 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VI. K. 8.

Location:

Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915. Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of John Hamshere– Lieutenant John Hamshere, D.C.M. Canadian Field Artillery

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    Photo of John Hamshere – Lieutenant John Hamshere, D.C.M. Canadian Field Artillery
  • Memorial– The Cenotaph at Memorial Park in St. Catharines, Ontario, was dedicated on August 7th, 1927 by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII), and unveiled by Brigadier General W. B. M. King, C.M.G., D.S.O. The names of St. Catharines men who died as a result of their service during World War I are listed on two bronze tablets located at City Hall.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – The Cenotaph at Memorial Park in St. Catharines, Ontario, was dedicated on August 7th, 1927 by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII), and unveiled by Brigadier General W. B. M. King, C.M.G., D.S.O. The names of St. Catharines men who died as a result of their service during World War I are listed on two bronze tablets located at City Hall.
  • Photo of JOHN HAMSHERE– Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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    Photo of JOHN HAMSHERE
    Photo of JOHN HAMSHERE – Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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