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Military service
Service number:
57367
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
20th Bn.
Enlistment:
Oshawa, Ontario
Death:
August 19, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. O. 5.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blockley, of Leicester, England; husband of Elizabeth Barnett Sweet (formerly Blockley, nee Fairclough), of Cedar Dale, Oshawa, Ontario. Enlisted, November 1914.
Digital gallery of Private Francis Alfred Blockley
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Circumstance of death
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Blampie to Booth; Mircoform Sequence 11; Volume Number 131829_B016720; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 155 Page 177 of 762. -
Oshawa War Memorial
The Oshawa Ontario War Memorial (1924) was named "The Garden of the Unforgotten". This elaborate memorial was set with stones from each Great War Allied Nation and from the battlefields where Canadians fought. A pair of electric torches were to remain burning, and a copper time capsule box with artifacts from 1924 was buried under the memorial. In 2002 the Memorial Park was redeveloped and today the park incorporates beautiful gardens. A plaque explaining the redevelopment states: "Memorial Park is regarded as hallowed ground for quiet meditation, the enjoyment of music, and especially for honouring our men and women who served in armed conflicts". -
1914-1918 Memorial Plaque
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Private Francis Alfred Blockley
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Alfred Blockley
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Alfred Blockley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 55 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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