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In memory of:

Captain Thomas Lewis Blatchford

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Military service

Age: 31
Rank: Captain
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division: 36th Bn.
Birth: Strathroy, Ontario
Enlistment: Ontario
Death: April 26, 1916

Burial/memorial information

SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY
Grave reference: Sp. Mem.
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Son of the Rev. Thomas W. Blatchford, B.A., and Maria E. McEvers, his wife, of Lambeth, Ontario.

Brother of Private Ewart Arthur Blatchford who died on August 27, 1918 while serving with the Canadian Expeditionary Force.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 55 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY Belgium

SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY is located 5 Km east of Ieper town centre, on the Canadalaan, a road leading from the Meenseweg (N8), connecting Ieper to Menen.

From Ieper town centre the Meenseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main cross roads, directly over which begins the Meenseweg.

3 Km along the Meenseweg lies the right hand turning onto Canadalaan. The cemetery itself is located 1.5 Km along Canadalaan on the right hand side of the road. 100 metres beyond the cemetery at the end of the Canadalaan is the Hill 62 Memorial.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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