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Lieutenant LAIRD WELDON BLAKNEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Calgary Highlanders, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 01 August 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

IV. B. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Lorne A. and Lottie V. Blakney, of Newcastle, New Brunswick.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE WHOLLY AND FREELY, NOT CARELESSLY BUT THOUGHTFUL OF US ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2960
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