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Military service
Service number:
108072
Age:
36
Rank:
Sergeant Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Division:
3rd
Birth:
July 10, 1879
Halesowen, Worchestershire, England
Enlistment:
December 29, 1914
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
December 2, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. D. 29.
Additional information
Son of Giles Thomas and Anne Elizabeth Bloomer, of The Quinton, Worcs.; husband of Amy Bloomer, of Abbotsford, Solihull, Birmingham, England.
Additional citations
1914-1915 Star; British War Medal (1914-18); Victory Medal (1914-18)
Digital gallery of Sergeant Major William Bloomer
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Circumstance of death
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Blampie to Booth; Mircoform Sequence 11; Volume Number 131829_B016720; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 155 Page 201 of 762. -
Entrance to Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Major William Bloomer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Major William Bloomer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Major William Bloomer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Major William Bloomer
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Major William Bloomer
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 5 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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