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Military service
Service number:
81079
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Birth:
March 19, 1894
Enlistment:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
October 19, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. F. 157
Additional information
Brother of Mr. J. W. Blades, of 2743, East Broadway Apartment House, Long Beach, California, U.S.A.
Digital gallery of Private Roland Blades
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Pierre Tombale
for Roland Blades in Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Image taken 13 July 2014 by Tom Tulloch. -
Registres de circonstances du décès
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 561 of 734 -
Coupure de presse
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Private Roland Blades
Digital gallery of
Private Roland Blades
Digital gallery of
Private Roland Blades
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 5 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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