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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Hemsley
Initials:R
Rank:Company Quartermaster
Army Number:748
Notes:MFP. From Rotherfield. Enlisted in the 2 Buffs. No. 6261, 26/2/1900, Born Framfield, Sussex, age 17.7 years, occupation Labourer Transferred to MFP. 4/7/1903. Served Cantebury 16/4/1900, Shorncliffe 8/7/1900, South Africa 2/5/1902 Dover 28/10/1902, Aldershot 4/7/1903, Shorncliffe, Dover 31/10/1905, London 10/11/1908, Home 31/3/1920. Awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Army Order 130 of 1919. Served in Western Command in World War I. Home address: 7 Victoria Dwellings, Dover. He has the same No. as A/Sgt. F C Manning. MMP.
Decoration Record:
Decoration: Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette: 31198 Page: 2701 Feb. 22, 1919)
Citation: Home. Devotion to duty. Sgt (A/QMS). Raymond Hemsley.
Decoration: Queen's South Africa Medal (London Gazette: WO 100/167 Page: 131 Dec. 19, 1902)
Citation: Clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902. Awarded serving with the 2 Buffs.