Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Archie Blanchard
In memory of:
Private Archie Blanchard
August 28, 1918
Military Service
2383442
21
Army
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
43rd Bn.
Additional Information
June 29, 1897
Son of Gideon Blanchard, a sometime resident of Nipigon , Ontario. He was called up and joined the army on January 10, 1918 and he died while serving with the 43rd (Cameron Highlanders) Bn. a Manitoba Regiment. Archie was 21 years old. He is buried at Ligny-st. Flochel British Cemetery in Pas de Calais, France.
Commemorated on Page 370 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
II. D. 8.
Ligny-St.Flochel is a village about 6.5 kilometres east of St.Pol on the main road to Arras. The distance from Ligny-St. Flochel to Arras is approximately 24 kilometres. The Ligny-St.Flochel British Cemetery is situated to the south of the village on the east side of the road to the village of Averdoingt.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Circumstances of Death Registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Blampie to Booth; Mircoform Sequence 11; Volume Number 131829_B016720; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 155 Page 9 of 762.
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