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Charles Robert Sayre Blenkhorn

In memory of:

Sergeant Charles Robert Sayre Blenkhorn

May 4, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/123873

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information

Son of Clifford Sayre Blenkhorn and Eva Marie Blenkhorn, of St. Vital, Manitoba, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 137 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON CEMETERY
Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Grave 4216.

Location:

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.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • 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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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant Charles Robert Sayre Blenkhorn is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Sergeant Charles Robert Sayre Blenkhorn is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant Charles Robert Sayre Blenkhorn is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Sergeant Charles Robert Sayre Blenkhorn is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Document– Conclusions of investigation. LAC Ottawa

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    Document – Conclusions of investigation. LAC Ottawa
  • Photo of CHARLES ROBERT SAYRE BLENKHORN– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of CHARLES ROBERT SAYRE BLENKHORN – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury

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    Grave Marker – Photo provided by The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project. Volunteer Henry Drury
  • Photo of CHARLES ROBERT SAYRE BLENKHORN– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of CHARLES ROBERT SAYRE BLENKHORN – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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