Sergeant James Stephenson Blenkin
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Blenkin,
James Stephenson
Date of birth: 1883-03-18
Place of birth: Yorkshire England
Next of kin: Frances Annie Blenkin, wife. 109 Hiawatha Road, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Bricklayer
Occupation (normalized): Bricklayer (Construction)
Address:
109 Hiawatha Road, Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1918-04-18
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, VIII. D. 30.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 237017
Highest Rank:
Sergeant
Rank detail
Sergeant (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Skirmish with the enemy fighting for the 7th C.R.T. Battalion
Commemoration location: Pickering, Ontario cenotaph
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RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 53806
LAC ID:
48905
Service file: B0819-S042
Uploader's Notes:
Son of John and Barbara Blenkin, of Hull, England; husband of Frances A. Blenkin, of Dunbarton, Ontario
Died of wounds about 1:30 a.m. April 18th, this non-commissioned officer was in a tent, along with the Sergeants of his company, when an enemy shell burst near the door, and he was hit in the head by a fragment of the shell. His comrades showing especially cool courage, carried him across the Canal to a place of safety. Here his wound was attended to, and he was taken on a stretcher to a Dressing Station and immediately conveyed in an ambulance to No. 22 Casualty Clearing Station where he succumbed to his wounds one hour after admission. FROM: CEF Burial Register
Uploader's Research notes:
[Sergeant Army Canadian Railway Troops 7th Railway Battalion ]
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Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-04-13