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Son of Margaret Blaney, of Cumberland.
Digital gallery of Private James Edwin Blaney
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Private James Edwin Blaney
James Edwin Blaney signed an Attestation Paper for the Canadian Grenadier Guards Overseas Battalion (87th Battalion) in Montreal on November 23, 1915. He signed a second Attestation Paper, for the Second Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Ottawa on September 24, 1918, indicating that he had served with the 87th Battalion CEF for 2 and a half years. The medical examination at that time indicated that he had "Scars on abdomen" and "Shrapnel Scars on body". He was declared "unfit" for the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force. During the Second World War, he joined the Veterans Guard of Canada, and was a member of that unit at the time of his death on April 8, 1944.<P>
Attestation Paper (Source Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War)
Digital gallery of
Private James Edwin Blaney
Digital gallery of
Private James Edwin Blaney
Digital gallery of
Private James Edwin Blaney
Digital gallery of
Private James Edwin Blaney
James Edwin Blaney signed an Attestation Paper for the Canadian Grenadier Guards Overseas Battalion (87th Battalion) in Montreal on November 23, 1915. He signed a second Attestation Paper, for the Second Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Ottawa on September 24, 1918, indicating that he had served with the 87th Battalion CEF for 2 and a half years. The medical examination at that time indicated that he had "Scars on abdomen" and "Shrapnel Scars on body". He was declared "unfit" for the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force. During the Second World War, he joined the Veterans Guard of Canada, and was a member of that unit at the time of his death on April 8, 1944.<P>
Attestation Paper (Source Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War)
Digital gallery of
Private James Edwin Blaney
James Edwin Blaney's parents are buried next to him in the Dale Cemetery in Cumberland, Ontario. His mother lived to see him serve in both World Wars, and, sadly, to mourn his death.
Digital gallery of
Private James Edwin Blaney
Private (Guardsman) James Edwin Blaney, MM and Bar - Canadian Grenadier Guards 177768 and WW2 Veteran's Guard of Canada K/92810
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James Edwin Blaney signed an Attestation Paper for the Canadian Grenadier Guards Overseas Battalion (87th Battalion) in Montreal on November 23, 1915. He signed a second Attestation Paper, for the Second Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Ottawa on September 24, 1918, indicating that he had served with the 87th Battalion CEF for 2 and a half years. The medical examination at that time indicated that he had "Scars on abdomen" and "Shrapnel Scars on body". He was declared "unfit" for the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force. During the Second World War, he joined the Veterans Guard of Canada, and was a member of that unit at the time of his death on April 8, 1944.<P> Attestation Paper (Source Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War)
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James Edwin Blaney signed an Attestation Paper for the Canadian Grenadier Guards Overseas Battalion (87th Battalion) in Montreal on November 23, 1915. He signed a second Attestation Paper, for the Second Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Ottawa on September 24, 1918, indicating that he had served with the 87th Battalion CEF for 2 and a half years. The medical examination at that time indicated that he had "Scars on abdomen" and "Shrapnel Scars on body". He was declared "unfit" for the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force. During the Second World War, he joined the Veterans Guard of Canada, and was a member of that unit at the time of his death on April 8, 1944.<P> Attestation Paper (Source Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War)
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James Edwin Blaney's parents are buried next to him in the Dale Cemetery in Cumberland, Ontario. His mother lived to see him serve in both World Wars, and, sadly, to mourn his death.
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Private (Guardsman) James Edwin Blaney, MM and Bar - Canadian Grenadier Guards 177768 and WW2 Veteran's Guard of Canada K/92810
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Page 252 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CUMBERLAND (DALE'S) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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