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Military service
Service number:
2395
Age:
23
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Division:
1ST Bn.
Death:
January 29, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XI. A. 14.
Additional information
Son of William and Sarah Balsom, of Clarenville, Newfoundland.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Ralph Norman Balsom
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Photo of RALPH NORMAN BALSOM
In memory of the men and women from the Clarenville, Newfoundland area who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the Clarenville Legion (Branch 27) for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Ralph Norman Balsom
Men from Clarenville who served in the First World War. left to right: William Noseworthy, Kenneth Driscoll, Goliath Bursey, Ralph Balsom, Alonzo Adey. William Noseworthy was the only person that survived. -
Monument in Clarenville
A view of the monument in Clarenville where Ralph Norman Balsom is commemorated. -
The monument in Clarenville
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Grave Marker
Grave marker … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cemetery … Passchendaele New British Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ralph Norman Balsom
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ralph Norman Balsom
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ralph Norman Balsom
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ralph Norman Balsom
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ralph Norman Balsom
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ralph Norman Balsom
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Ralph Norman Balsom
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 10 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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