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Military service
Service number:
A/34292
Age:
26
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William A. and Rebecca Ritchie, of 627, 13th Avenue East, Calgary, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Private John Blaney Hall Ritchie
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Family Memorial
Family monument, on which Private J.B.H. Ritchie is commemorated, in the Elmvale Presbyterian Cemetery, Elmvale, Ontario. (Ritchie was born in Elmvale, Ont., although he later lived in Alberta.) Private Ritchie was killed in action in France and has no known grave. -
Inscription
Inscription on Ritchie family monument commemorating Private J.B.H. Ritchie, in the Elmvale Presbyterian Cemetery, Elmvale, Ontario. (Also commemorated is Private Ritchie's younger brother William, who too died on active service.) (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2013.) -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private John Blaney Hall Ritchie
Digital gallery of
Private John Blaney Hall Ritchie
Digital gallery of
Private John Blaney Hall Ritchie
Digital gallery of
Private John Blaney Hall Ritchie
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 154 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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