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Private R C BLY

Service Number: 446956
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 September 1916

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT

VII. G. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Ellen Bly; husband of Nellie Bly, of 56, Timpson Rd., Lake Rd., Portsmouth, England.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON BELOVED SLEEP ON AND TAKE THY REST
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Buried or commemorated at

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