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Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Loyal Edmonton Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
December 31, 1914
Drake, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
January 29, 1940
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
September 18, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X, F, 1.
Additional information
Son of Timothy Sidney and Elizabeth Lindsay Blair, of Drake, Saskatchewan.
Brother of Flight Sergeant Timothy Clayton Blair, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Major Gilbert Thompson Blair
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Cemetery
Entrance - Coriano Ridge War Cemetery - May 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Coriano Ridge War Cemetery - May 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice - Coriano Ridge War Cemetery - May 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Coriano Ridge War Cemetery - May 2013 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Coriano Ridge War Cemetery
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Photo of Timothy Sidney Blair
Father of Major Gilber Thomspon Blair. -
Homestead
The homestead of Gilbert Blair's father. They came to reside and build up a farm near Drake, Saskatchewan. -
Family photo
Family of Gilbert Thompson Blair.<P> Back row Left to right<BR> Lindsay, Gilbert, Sandy and Clayton Blair (Clayton was Killed in action while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force).<P> Front row from Left to Right: <BR> Alice (sister) and Elizabeth Blair (mother) -
Photo of Gilbert Thompson Blair
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Biography
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Coriano Ridge War Cemetery
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Group Photo
Gilbert (left) and Clayton (right) Blair. Both were killed in action during the Second World War. -
Newspaper Clipping
Major Gilbert Thompson Memorial Service. -
Fortyniner magazine
From the Loyal Edmonton Regimental magazine the Fortyniner. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Loyal Edmonton Regimental magazine the Fortyniner. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Photo of Gilbert Thompson Blair
From the Regina Leader Post October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major Gilbert Thompson Blair
Digital gallery of
Major Gilbert Thompson Blair
Digital gallery of
Major Gilbert Thompson Blair
Digital gallery of
Major Gilbert Thompson Blair
Digital gallery of
Major Gilbert Thompson Blair
Digital gallery of
Major Gilbert Thompson Blair
Digital gallery of
Major Gilbert Thompson Blair
Digital gallery of
Major Gilbert Thompson Blair
Digital gallery of
Major Gilbert Thompson Blair
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 251 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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