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Private R W HEMPSALL

Service Number: 8817
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Staffordshire Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 June 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FONCQUEVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

I. K. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Fredrick and Harriett Hempsall, of 3, Vallance's Yard, Nursery St, Mansfield, Nottingham.
  • Personal Inscription HE NOBLY ANSWERED DUTY'S CALL
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Buried or commemorated at

FONCQUEVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 658
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