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Marvin Bloom

In memory of:

Private Marvin Bloom

August 6, 1944
In the field, France

Military Service


Service Number:

M/7617

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin & Halton Regt), R.C.I.C.

Division:

5th Inf. Bde. Ground Defence Platoon

Additional Information


Born:

July 20, 1923
Pollockville, Alberta

Enlistment:

July 23, 1943
Calgary, Alberta

Son of Ingmar and Hilda Bloom of Camrose, Alberta.

Commemorated on Page 252 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

Panel 21. Column 2.

Location:

The Bayeux Memorial is located on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, in the south-western outskirts of the town of Bayeux, in Normandy, about 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. The memorial was erected in honour of the 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and who have no known grave.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Inscription– Inscription - Bayeux Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Inscription– Panel on Bayeux Memorial to the Missing

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