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GEORGE MORROD SEMPERS
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Rank
Gunner
Regiment
ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY 162ND BRIGADE B BATTERY
Military Number
196803
Address
33 ALNE TERRACE, YORK
York YO10
England
York YO10
England
Background
BORN YORK 1892. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF WILLIAM & SARAH A. SEMPERS, OF 33 ALNE TERRACE, YORK. WORKED AS A GENERAL WAREHOUSEMAN (1911 CENSUS). SERVED AS A GUNNER, WITH THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. LISTED AS DIED OF WOUNDS - HULL DAILY MAIL 18/10/1917, AGED 24.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ELIZABETH LEE, WHO HE MARRIED IN HULL, IN 1915.
| Name | George Morrod Sempers |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | York, Yorkshire, 1892. Son of William and Sarah Ann Sempers, of York; husband of Elizabeth Lee (formerly Sempers), of 26, Academy St., Elgin, Morayshire. |
| Death Date | 18 Sep 1917 |
| Death Place | Bedford House Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Hull, Yorkshire |
| Rank | Gunner |
| Regiment | Royal Field Artillery, 'B' Bty. 162nd Bde. |
| Regimental Number | 196803 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of wounds |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
Date Died
18/09/1917
Died
Bedford House Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age
24
Memorial
85 Rijselseweg
Ieper 8900
Vlaanderen
Ieper 8900
Vlaanderen
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