Military service
Service number:
1015951
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
72nd Bn.
Birth:
August 5, 1884
El Dorado
Enlistment:
December 11, 1916
Princeton, British Columbia
Death:
October 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of George and Ellen Richardson, of Springfield, Oregon, U.S.A.; husband of Addie Winnifred Richardson of Vancouver.
Digital gallery of Private Blaine Richardson
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Photo of Blaine Richardson
University of Manitoba Roll of Honour 1914-1918. Winnipeg, 1923. Roll of the Fallen (pg. 24) - RICHARDSON, Blaine: B.A. 1913; Enlisted 11-12-16; Pte. 231st Can. Seaforth Highlanders; Transferred to 72nd Seaforth Highlanders; Service in France May 1917 to 30-10-17; Mentioned in Despatches; Killed in Action 30-10-17. -
Document
Private Richardson is mentioned in the War Diary Narrative of the 72nd Battalion: "No. 1015951 Pte. B. H. Richardson, a Stretcher Bearer, did splendid work in dressing the wounded under heavy shell fire, and was killed on the objective in the performance of his duty." -
Map
The location of Private Blaine Richardson at the time of his death can be marked based on the information contained in the war diary and records. The 72nd Battalion was passing through CREST FARM on the west side of Passchendaele on October 30, 1917. It was at this time that the war diary records his death, while tending the wounded. -
Map
The path of the 72nd Canadian Infantry Battalion as it passed through Crest Farm, west of Passchendaele on October 30, 1917. Private Richardson is recorded as being in "A" Company that went around the north side of the farm. His remains were never found and he is thus commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Remains of men of the 72nd Battalion have been found in the area of 28.D12.a.2.9, precisely where the 72nd Battalion was at that time. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Circumstance of Death file (front) recording the death of Private Blaine Richardson of 30 October 1917. -
Inscription on Menin Gate Memorial
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Blaine Richardson
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Private Blaine Richardson
Digital gallery of
Private Blaine Richardson
Digital gallery of
Private Blaine Richardson
Digital gallery of
Private Blaine Richardson
Digital gallery of
Private Blaine Richardson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 315 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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