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Second Lieutenant ERNEST JAMES HEMSLEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 September 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROOTEBEEK BRITISH CEMETERY

G. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 10th Bn. The Queen's Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Martha Hemsley, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

GROOTEBEEK BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 111
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