Biographical Data
Hearsey, William Robert Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Title	Chief Petty Officer (RNCVR) (Baron de la Blaquier)
Official Number	VR-5234

 

Birth	24/01/1868	Death	(nk)
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Country	UK	Country	(nk)

 

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Biography
He was a cook at the time of his recruitment into the navy.

 

Military Service
He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the 4th Middlesex Regiment serving in India. He served in a New Zealand Regiment during the South African War. He was appointed as a Chief Petty Officer RNCVR. (He was demobilized April 1918).

 

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Anecdotes
He had Indian, South African and First World War service. After the First World War he operated the Naval Veteran's News Stand (Blind and Disabled News Vendors) at Bay and College Streets in Toronto.

 

References
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/royal-canadian-navy-1910-1941-ledger-sheets/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=15023&; The Leader Post (Regina SK) Saturday November 3, 1923 page 12;
Last update
2021-05-19 00:00:00

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