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Ormond Thomas Blair

In memory of:

Lieutenant Ormond Thomas Blair

November 12, 1916

Military Service

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

72nd Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Gilbert and Annie M. Blair, of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 55 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

1. Q. 65.

Location:

Albert is a town on the River Ancre in the Department of the Somme, 28 kilometres north-east of Amiens. The ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION is on the south-east side of Albert and the junction of the roads to Fricourt and Meaulte, and the Extension is entirely enclosed by it.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province November 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War 1 issue of the Vancouver News Advertiser c.1916 Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From a World War 1 issue of the Vancouver News Advertiser c.1916 Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Cemetery– Albert Communal Cemetery Extension (CWGC)

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    Cemetery – Albert Communal Cemetery Extension (CWGC)
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy Keith Boswell, England

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    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy Keith Boswell, England

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