Individual Records

Blackstock, Joseph Hansford

Joseph Hansford Blackstock

Rank: Private

Regiment: 116th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Wife: Mrs Maud Blackstock

Son: Herbert H Blackstock

Home Address: Wyevale, Ontario

Other Info: Joseph died aged 30 on 14th March 1917. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery. The inscription on his grave marker reads ‘Gone but not forgotten. Hope to meet again, our loving son’.

Information taken from Canadian Army Records, search here.

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Bishop, Sydney

Sydney Bishop

Rank: Private

Regiment: 52nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Parents: Mr & Mrs George Bishop

Wife: Mrs E E Bishop

Parents Address: Church Villas, Birling, Kent

Home Address: 1516 Rankin Street, Fort William, Ontario

Other Info: Sydney died aged 34 on 11th January 1917. He is buried at Hastings Cemetery.

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Abel, Andrew

Andrew Abel

Rank: Private

Regiment: 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Parents: Mr William Simpson & Mrs Elsie Abel

Address: Rock Creek, British Columbia

Other Info: Andrew, who was born at New Aberdour, Fraserburgh, Scotland, died aged 18 on 15th February 1917. He is remembered at Hastings Cemetery. The inscription on the grave reads ‘Till the day dawn’.

Andrew’s service records can be found here, these records state that he died of pneumonia.

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