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Military service
Service number:
421065
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
May 5, 1893
Londonderry
Enlistment:
April 22, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
October 26, 1915
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. B. 14.
Additional information
Son of James and Jane G. Blacklay, of 13, Marlborough St., Londonderry, Ireland.
Additional citations
1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Digital gallery of Private Francis Pettigrew Blacklay
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Inscription
Close up of the BLACKLAY family headstone located in section B of the City Cemetery, Derry, Northern Ireland, where Francis Pettigrew BLACKLAY (43rd Batt Canadian Infantry) is remembered. -
Memorial
The BLACKLAY family headstone located in section B of the City Cemetery, Derry, Northern Ireland, where Francis Pettigrew BLACKLAY (43rd Batt Canadian Infantry) is remembered. -
Photo of FRANCIS PETTIGREW BLACKLAY
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Private Francis Pettigrew Blacklay
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Pettigrew Blacklay
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Pettigrew Blacklay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 5 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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