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Private Albert James Blake

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Military service

Service number: 140018
Age: 20
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division: 7th Bn.
Birth: February 25, 1896
Enlistment: Ontario
Death: September 27, 1916

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: 8.C. 16.
Additional information
Son of Henry and Catherine Blake, of 23, Horner Ave., Mount Dennis, Ontario, Canada.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 55 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION Somme, France

Longueval is a village 40 kilometres north-east of Amiens and 12 kilometres east-north-east of Albert, a town on the D929 road from Amiens to Bapaume and Cambrai. From the D929 direction Bapaume-Albert take the 2nd turning for Martinpuich and continue along the D6 direction Longueval, for 2 kilometres. LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION sits on the right hand side of the road.

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