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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Benjamin Blocksidge

In memory of:

Private Benjamin Blocksidge

March 30, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

524957

Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Army Medical Corps

Additional Information


Born:

December 29, 1887

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


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

V. B. 48.

Location:

Doullens is a town in the Department of the Somme, approximately 30 kilometres north of Amiens on the N25 road to Arras. The DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSIONS lie on the eastern side of the town, about 270 metres south-east of the road to Arras.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Circumstance of Death Card– 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 181 of 762.
  • Photo of Benjamin Blocksidge– Benjamin Blocksidge in 1916 from Boundary Falls, BC

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