Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Leonard Herbert Blake
In memory of:
Observer Leonard Herbert Blake
May 5, 1942
Military Service
R/75090
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
Additional Information
Son of Isaac John and Matilda Ethel Blake, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Commemorated on Page 58 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON CEMETERY
Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Grave 4179.
Startford-Upon-Avon Cemetery contains 22 First World War burials, made mainly from the hospital at Clopton House. During the Second World War, there was a contingent of the Royal Canadian Air Force based at nearby Wellesboune Mountford and of the 137 Second World War burials (most of them forming a war graves plot), 97 are of Canadian airmen. The cemetery also contains 15 war graves of other nationalities.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Observer Leonard Herbert Blake is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Observer Leonard Herbert Blake is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Grave marker – Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury
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