We remember John Basil Hand

We remember John Basil Hand

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Timeline

Timeline

1892
birth West Keal, Spilsby, Lincolnshire United Kingdom Source:5968800 22nd May 1892
1916
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:9246303 2nd December 1916 - 13th April 1917
1917
hospitalisation Gun Shot Wound (shrapnel) = Right forearm - amputation above elbow [twice - in France because of gas gangrene & in London because of bone ulceration] Hospital/Institution Source:9246303 8th April 1917 - 16th August 1917
service Canadian Expeditionary Force 925642 Source:5968800
service Canadian Expeditionary Force Private 925642 Canadian Infantry 5th Battalion Source:7204473
1917
death Died of wounds Gun shot wound (8 April 1917) and amputation of right arm in France. Evacuated to England, but died of sepsis in hospital at 1.20 a.m. 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth United Kingdom Source:7204473 Source:9246303 16th May 1917
burial Hereford (st. Martin) Churchyard CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Herefordshire United Kingdom Spec. Memorial Source:7204473

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names John Basil
Initials JB
Last Name Hand
Source 5968800
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
Canadian Expeditionary Force 925642
Canadian Expeditionary Force 925642 Canadian Infantry 5th Battalion Private
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Annie Hand mother

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Official Records

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Canadian Attestation Papers
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1

External Evidence

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Pvt John Basil Hand (Find a Grave) R58235
CEF Service Record R58235

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Canadian Expeditionary Force R58235

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