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Military service
Service number:
760907
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
June 18, 1894
Enlistment:
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of G. K. and Mary Ann Bland, of Monmouth Cottage, Long Sutton, Lincs, England.
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Death Registry
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 49 of 762. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private George William Bland
Digital gallery of
Private George William Bland
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 203 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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