Military service
Burial/memorial information
Youngest son of Moses and Salome Pierce, of McGillivray, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Nelson Blake Pierce
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Blake Pierce
Nelson Blake Pierce and his mother Salome Marritt-Pierce. Family dog. Photo is used with permission from the North Middlesex Historical Society.
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Private Nelson Blake Pierce
Pte Nelson Blake Pierce - from North Middlesex Historical Society with their permission.
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Private Nelson Blake Pierce
Nelson Pierce in uniform
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Private Nelson Blake Pierce
Letter from Nelson to his older sister in Toronto
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Private Nelson Blake Pierce
Attestation paper for Nelson Pierce
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Blake Pierce
Attestation paper for Nelson Pierce
Digital gallery of
Private Nelson Blake Pierce
Photo courtesy of Gary Nelson
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Nelson Blake Pierce and his mother Salome Marritt-Pierce. Family dog. Photo is used with permission from the North Middlesex Historical Society.
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Pte Nelson Blake Pierce - from North Middlesex Historical Society with their permission.
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Nelson Pierce in uniform
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Letter from Nelson to his older sister in Toronto
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Attestation paper for Nelson Pierce
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Attestation paper for Nelson Pierce
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Photo courtesy of Gary Nelson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 148 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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