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Military service
Service number:
853259
Age:
23
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
July 16, 1895
Enlistment:
Barrie, Ontario
Death:
August 16, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Leonard W. and Mary A. Summers Bloxam, of Allandale, Ontario.
Brother of Sapper William Bloxham, who died while serving with the Canadian Railway Troops.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Joseph Percival Bloxham
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Photo of Joseph Bloxham
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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 247 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) -
War Memorial
Barrie, Ontario Cenetaph Innisfil Memorial -
Street sign
Barrie street named in honour of Lance Corporal Joseph Percival Bloxham with a poppy. -
Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Percival Bloxham
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Percival Bloxham
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Percival Bloxham
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Percival Bloxham
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Percival Bloxham
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Percival Bloxham
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Percival Bloxham
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Percival Bloxham
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Joseph Percival Bloxham
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 370 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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