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Private Edgar James Blanchard

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Private Edgar James Blanchard Veteran

Birth
Grimsby, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
4 Apr 1920 (aged 36)
St. Catharines, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Burial
St. Catharines, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada GPS-Latitude: 43.1605797, Longitude: -79.2038422
Plot
H. Sec. T. East half. I.
Memorial ID
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From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Private
Service Number: 406222
Age: 36
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division: 1st Battalion

A saw-maker by trade, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 16 April 1915 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He served in Canada, in England, in France and in Belgium.

Son of Philip Wesley Blanchard and Harriet Blanchard of Winona, Ontario; husband of Mary Anna Blanchard of St. Catherines, Ontario.

Private Edgar James Blanchard is commemorated on Page 547 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.
From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial-
Military Service:-
Rank: Private
Service Number: 406222
Age: 36
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division: 1st Battalion

A saw-maker by trade, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 16 April 1915 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He served in Canada, in England, in France and in Belgium.

Son of Philip Wesley Blanchard and Harriet Blanchard of Winona, Ontario; husband of Mary Anna Blanchard of St. Catherines, Ontario.

Private Edgar James Blanchard is commemorated on Page 547 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.


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  • Created by: SJB Hearn
  • Added: Apr 13, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127883081/edgar_james-blanchard: accessed ), memorial page for Private Edgar James Blanchard (8 Dec 1883–4 Apr 1920), Find a Grave Memorial ID 127883081, citing Victoria Lawn Cemetery, St. Catharines, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594).