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Son of Charles and Mary Chapman Hensley, of Windsor, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Captain John Manuel Hensley
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Captain John Manuel Hensley
Lieutenant (later Captain) John M. Hensley. Cropped from a vintage outdoor group portrait of original officers of the 85th Battalion CEF, circa October 1916-February 1917.
Digital gallery of
Captain John Manuel Hensley
Photo taken in Nova Scotia before his promotion to Lt. Between Jan.5 1916 and Oct. 7 1916. He was 17 years old when this photo was taken.
Digital gallery of
Captain John Manuel Hensley
Capt. J.M. Hensley taken while a Lieut. in England Before the 85th battalion went to France.
Digital gallery of
Captain John Manuel Hensley
Formal photo Of Capt. J.M. Hensley The kilt and socks are props they are in the wrong tartan and the 85th never received Kilts untill well after his death.
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Captain John Manuel Hensley
Capt. J.M.Hensley Born Windsor Nova Scotia Jan. 2 1899 Killed in action Oct 30 1917. Only son of Charles and Mary Hensley. He Gave a false age to enlist.
Digital gallery of
Captain John Manuel Hensley
In memory of the officers of the 85th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders who gave their lives during World War 1.
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Captain John Manuel Hensley
In memory of the officers of the 85th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders who gave their lives during World War 1.
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Captain John Manuel Hensley
In memory of the officers of the 85th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders who gave their lives during World War 1.
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Captain John Manuel Hensley
War Diary
The account of Captain Hensley's death as he led his men into battle on October 30, 1917.
Digital gallery of
Captain John Manuel Hensley
Digital gallery of
Captain John Manuel Hensley
Digital gallery of
Captain John Manuel Hensley
Image gallery
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Lieutenant (later Captain) John M. Hensley. Cropped from a vintage outdoor group portrait of original officers of the 85th Battalion CEF, circa October 1916-February 1917.
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Photo taken in Nova Scotia before his promotion to Lt. Between Jan.5 1916 and Oct. 7 1916. He was 17 years old when this photo was taken.
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Capt. J.M. Hensley taken while a Lieut. in England Before the 85th battalion went to France.
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Formal photo Of Capt. J.M. Hensley The kilt and socks are props they are in the wrong tartan and the 85th never received Kilts untill well after his death.
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Capt. J.M.Hensley Born Windsor Nova Scotia Jan. 2 1899 Killed in action Oct 30 1917. Only son of Charles and Mary Hensley. He Gave a false age to enlist.
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In memory of the officers of the 85th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders who gave their lives during World War 1. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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In memory of the officers of the 85th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders who gave their lives during World War 1. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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In memory of the officers of the 85th Overseas Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders who gave their lives during World War 1. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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War Diary The account of Captain Hensley's death as he led his men into battle on October 30, 1917.
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In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 255 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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TYNE COT CEMETERY Belgium
Tyne Cot Cemetery is located 9 Km north east of Ieper town centre on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332). The cemetery itself lies 700 meters along the Tynecotstraat on the right hand side of the road.
Tyne Cot or Tyne Cottage was the name given by the Northumberland Fusiliers to a barn which stood near the level crossing on the Passchendaele-Broodseinde road. Three of these blockhouses still stand in the cemetery; the largest, which was captured on 4 October 1917 by the 3rd Australian Division, was chosen as the site for the Cross of Sacrifice by King George V during his pilgrimage to the cemeteries of the Western Front in Belgium and France in 1922.
The Tyne Cot Cemetery is now the resting-place of nearly 12,000 soldiers of the Commonwealth Forces, the largest number of burials of any Commonwealth cemetery of either world war.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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