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Rank Private
Service # 213685
Unit # 99th
Resident Tilbury

Married to Frances, they lived in Tilbury, ON. where Henry was a grocer. Attestation: 22/01/1916 at Tilbury to 99th Bn.

TT 31/01/1918 “Letters From the Front”.

11 January, 1918; England.

IODE Tilbury

Dear Mrs. Johnston,

Received the parcel safely just before being sent to England. Many thanks for your kindness. I have been sent to the Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich, with a very bad thumb owing to frost.

Yours very sincerely.

J. Belsaw.

Note: There is no listing on the Library Archives of Canada WWI website for this name. It is believed that the actual name is Henry I. BELSHAW service no. 213685 of Tilbury.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sources Library Archives of Canada, Date RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 6
Birthplace 22/04/1880 at Lancashier, England

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