Born in Paddington, London.1

Recorded in census in London, Middlesex (33 Edbrooke Road, London, Middlesex)

Recorded in census in Bishops Hull, Taunton, Somerset (23 Tangier Cottages Bishops Hull)

Resident in No 1 Court North Street, Taunton.2

Baptised in St John the Baptist Bishops Hull

Age 13

Occupation grocer's assistant

Recorded in census in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales (58 Moorland Avenue, Roath, Cardiff)

In 1901 Francis is with William Leyshon, a 35 year old, grocers assistant and his family

Married Jessie HILL in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales.4,5

Francis H, Jessie and Franklin travelled on the Scandinavian into Liverpool from St John NB Canada on the 20 Dec 1915.

Occupation Grocer.1

Resident in 166 Park Road, Sittingbourne, Kent.3

Occupation Grocer.1

Occupation Soldier in the Canadian Over-seas Expeditionary Force.1

Regimental number 225120
Unit 12th Battalion

Physical description short with a dark complexion, blue eyes and black hair.1

At his medical Francis was 5 ft 5 1/4 inches tall, his girth was 34 inches with an expansion of 1 1/2 inches. He had a dark complexion with dark blue eyes and black hair. Francis has a scar on his right hip and three vaccination scars on his  left arm.