Canadian Virtual War Memorial
James Blades
In memory of:
Able Seaman James Blades
March 13, 1918
Military Service
VR/1033
17
Navy
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
H.M.C.S Rainbow
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Blades, of Nichol St., Nanaimo, British Columbia.
Commemorated on Page 369 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
VETERANS' CEMETERY (ESQUIMALT)
British Columbia, Canada
605.
The Veterans' Cemetery National Historic Site is located adjacent to the Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt in the municipality of Esquimalt, British Columbia. On July 14, 1868 the cemetery was consecrated as a one acre Royal Navy plot. Today the site covers 2.2 acres with most of the land surrounding the cemetery owned by the Gorge Vale Golf Course. Presently the cemetery holds over 1700 graves of Canadian and Commonwealth naval and military personnel and their families. The Esquimalt Veterans' Cemetery is significant for its long history of providing a resting place for military dead.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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