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Lieutenant John Patrick Blackham

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Military service

Service number: CDN/129
Age: 26
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
Division: 8th
Birth: March 18, 1918 Montréal
Enlistment: September 8, 1939 Ontario
Death: June 29, 1944

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FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL
Grave reference: I. D. 5.
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John P. Blackham was a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, he died while serving with the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) as a CANLOAN Officer.

Son of Charles and Mary Blackham, of Oakville, Ontario.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 251 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL Calvados, France

The village of Fontenay-le-Pesnel lies 16 kilometres west of Caen on the main road (the D9) towards Caumont l'Evente. The cemetery is 1 kilometre south-east of the hamlet of St Martin (on the D139 to Grainville); on reaching a large memorial to the 49th (West Riding) Division, turn down the track opposite the memorial which leads directly to the cemetery.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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