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Military service
Service number:
101752
Age:
39
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Dempsey, of Jacquet River, Restigouche Co., New Brunswick.
Digital gallery of Private Edmund Dempsey
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 627 of 1036. Buried “in the field”.
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Private Edmund Dempsey
Digital gallery of
Private Edmund Dempsey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 76 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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