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Son of Matthias and Louisa Blenkhorn, of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Private Garnet Blenkhorn, who died on April 9, 1917, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private William Hesmonhalgh Blenkhorn
Digital gallery of
Private William Hesmonhalgh Blenkhorn
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 135 of 762.
Digital gallery of
Private William Hesmonhalgh Blenkhorn
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Hesmonhalgh Blenkhorn
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Hesmonhalgh Blenkhorn
Designed by Charles Adamson in bronze and granite, the Sons of England war memorial is located on University Avenue at Elm Street in Toronto. The inscription on this 1923 Memorial reads: ¿ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO DISTRICTS SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR¿.
Digital gallery of
Private William Hesmonhalgh Blenkhorn
William Hesmonhalgh Blenkhorn's name is included on the SOE War Memorial.
Digital gallery of
Private William Hesmonhalgh Blenkhorn
Digital gallery of
Private William Hesmonhalgh Blenkhorn
This plaque is posted in my mother's church.
Digital gallery of
Private William Hesmonhalgh Blenkhorn
From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Hesmonhalgh Blenkhorn
From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Hesmonhalgh Blenkhorn
From the Toronto Star Weekly c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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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 135 of 762.
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From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Designed by Charles Adamson in bronze and granite, the Sons of England war memorial is located on University Avenue at Elm Street in Toronto. The inscription on this 1923 Memorial reads: ¿ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO DISTRICTS SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR¿.
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William Hesmonhalgh Blenkhorn's name is included on the SOE War Memorial.
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This plaque is posted in my mother's church.
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From the Toronto Telegram March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star Weekly c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 370 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Bailleulval is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 13 kilometres south-west of Arras, and the BAC-DU-SUD BRITISH CEMETERY is one kilometre west of the village on the north side of the main road from Arras to Doullens (N25)
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