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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
Grave reference:
Willerval Canadian Cemetery, Memorial 40.
Additional information
Husband of Ida Blossom of Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Private Wilbert Ernest Blossom
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Orchard Dump Cemetery
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Orchard Dump Cemetery. May he rest in peace.(J.Stephens) -
Memorial
Memorialized on his parents Tombstone in Compton Cemetery, Compton, Compton Country, Quebec. Father: Joseph Blossom. Mother: Mary Eliza Lambkin. -
Inscription
Memorialized on his parents Tombstone in Compton Cemetery, Compton, Compton Country, Quebec. Father: Joseph Blossom. Mother: Mary Eliza Lambkin. -
Memorial Cross
Found in my great grandfather's stuff He was British in the Buffs.
Digital gallery of
Private Wilbert Ernest Blossom
Digital gallery of
Private Wilbert Ernest Blossom
Digital gallery of
Private Wilbert Ernest Blossom
Digital gallery of
Private Wilbert Ernest Blossom
Digital gallery of
Private Wilbert Ernest Blossom
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
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.
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