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Captain CLAUDE DAWSON HEMPSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Suffolk Regiment

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 March 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

XIX. E. 4.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 6th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of the late John and Ada Hempson, of Shotley, Ipswich; husband of Frances G. M. Hempson, of "Beechcroft," Woodbridge Rd., Ipswich.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS ST. JOHN 15 V. 13
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 7420
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