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Son of the Rev. Thomas W. Blatchford and Maria E. Blatchford (nee McEvers), of Lambeth, Ontario.
Brother of Captain Thomas Lewis Blatchford who died on April 26, 1916 while serving with the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
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Private Ewart Arthur Blatchford
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 99 of 762.
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Private Ewart Arthur Blatchford
Pte. Ewart Arthur Blatchford, as a member of the Trinity Methodist Church in Toronto, was remembered in the "Trinity War Book" published by the church in 1921.
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Private Ewart Arthur Blatchford
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Private Ewart Arthur Blatchford
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
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Private Ewart Arthur Blatchford
"This Roll of Honour has been prepared as a permanent tribute to those men of the teaching profession in Ontario, who enlisted in connection with the Great War." Source: The Roll of Honour of the Ontario Teachers Who Served in the Great War 1914-1918 (The Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1922). The 1914-1918 Roll of Service for Ontario Teachers contains 851 names. 101 died as a result of their military service. The information on this Honour Roll may differ from other sources as it was compiled by the Department of Education in Toronto, Ontario, from "...varied and numerous sources, that mistakes are inevitable."
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Private Ewart Arthur Blatchford
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918
published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto.
Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
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Private Ewart Arthur Blatchford
Source: Acta Victoriana War Supplement, Victoria College, Toronto, Ontario, December 1919.
Digital gallery of
Private Ewart Arthur Blatchford
Source: Acta Victoriana War Supplement, Victoria College, Toronto, Ontario, December 1919.
Digital gallery of
Private Ewart Arthur Blatchford
The Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto was built in 1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Their names are carved on the Memorial Screen. Photo: K. Parks.
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Private Ewart Arthur Blatchford
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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Private Ewart Arthur Blatchford
Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds for bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Bell XXII is dedicated: "The Alumni Association and friends of Victoria College". Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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Private Ewart Arthur Blatchford
From the London Free Press September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Ewart Arthur Blatchford
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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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 99 of 762.
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Pte. Ewart Arthur Blatchford, as a member of the Trinity Methodist Church in Toronto, was remembered in the "Trinity War Book" published by the church in 1921.
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From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
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"This Roll of Honour has been prepared as a permanent tribute to those men of the teaching profession in Ontario, who enlisted in connection with the Great War." Source: The Roll of Honour of the Ontario Teachers Who Served in the Great War 1914-1918 (The Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1922). The 1914-1918 Roll of Service for Ontario Teachers contains 851 names. 101 died as a result of their military service. The information on this Honour Roll may differ from other sources as it was compiled by the Department of Education in Toronto, Ontario, from "...varied and numerous sources, that mistakes are inevitable."
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From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement Fourth Edition 1918 published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me.
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Source: Acta Victoriana War Supplement, Victoria College, Toronto, Ontario, December 1919.
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Source: Acta Victoriana War Supplement, Victoria College, Toronto, Ontario, December 1919.
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The Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto was built in 1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. Their names are carved on the Memorial Screen. Photo: K. Parks.
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Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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Inscription in Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower. The carillon was installed in 1927. Originally there were 23 bells. Alumni and friends donated funds for bells in memory of those who fell in the Great War. Dedications are carved high on the walls of the Memorial Room. Bell XXII is dedicated: "The Alumni Association and friends of Victoria College". Photo courtesy of Alumni Relations.
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From the London Free Press September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 370 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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