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Military service
Service number:
402469
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
June 19, 1893
Shallow Lake, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 25, 1915
Walkerton, Ontario
Death:
March 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 16.
Additional information
Son of George James and Harriett Emily Blythe, of Shallow Lake, Ontario.
Brother of Private John Henry Blythe who died on November 6, 1917, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private George James Blythe
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
Group Photo
John Henry Blythe (left) and George James Blythe (right) -
Attestation Papers
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War Memorial
The War Cenotaph in Shallow Lake, Ontario, Canada. -
Inscription
The War Cenotaph in Shallow Lake, Ontario, Canada. -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press April 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private George James Blythe
Digital gallery of
Private George James Blythe
Digital gallery of
Private George James Blythe
Digital gallery of
Private George James Blythe
Digital gallery of
Private George James Blythe
Digital gallery of
Private George James Blythe
Digital gallery of
Private George James Blythe
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