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Private ALEXANDER COWAN BLAKE

Service Number: 153008
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

43rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 October 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT

Sp. Mem. A. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2280
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