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Albert Charles Blakemore

In memory of:

Sapper Albert Charles Blakemore

June 25, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

502789

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Engineers

Division:

2nd Field Coy.

Additional Information

Born:

October 30, 1892

Son of Albert Henry and Mary Ann Blakemore, of Birmingham, England. Resident in Canada since 1895.

Commemorated on Page 203 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. C. 36.

Location:

Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Daily Colonist of September 9, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y235uvic#page/n0/mode/1up

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    Newspaper Clipping – From the Daily Colonist of September 9, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y235uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of September 1, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y228uvic#page/n0/mode/1up

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of September 1, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y228uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of July 4, 1917. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y177uvic#page/n0/mode/1up

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of July 4, 1917. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y177uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Circumstances of Death Registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 719 of 734.

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    Circumstances of Death Registers
    Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Birch to Blakstad. Mircoform Sequence 10; Volume Number 31829_B034746; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 154 Page 719 of 734.

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