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Private Wilbert Ernest Blossom

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Military service

Service number: 696251
Age: 41
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division: 31st Bn.
Birth: October 8, 1875 Compton
Enlistment: February 21, 1916 Alberta
Death: May 3, 1917

Burial/memorial information

ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY
Grave reference: Willerval Canadian Cemetery, Memorial 40.
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Husband of Ida Blossom of Medicine Hat, Alberta.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 203 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

Orchard Dump Cemetery is in the village of Arleux-en-Gohelle, on the main road (D919) from Arras to Henin-Lietard. The cemetery lies on the left side of this road approximately 1 kilometre from the village of Bailleul-Sire-Berthoult.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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