L/Cpl
William Banks Blaney
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 12/09/1874 |
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Place of birth: Whitehaven, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom |
Army information
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Country: Canada |
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Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Lance Corporal |
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Service number: 931205 |
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Units: — Canadian Mounted Rifles, 2nd Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 31/10/1917 |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 43 |
Memorial
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: 32 |
Points of interest 1
| #1 | Place of birth |
Sources 1
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Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 815 - 9). https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx Sources used |
More information 4
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/922249 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=2ba0b54c-9dfb-4b4c-98be-0b3e7d02891e |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5582805 |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/922249 |