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The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment
Lieut. William McGregor Blott
Soldiers of the First World War database entry - W.M. Blott
Service:
- Attested for overseas service with the 4th Overseas University Training Company, C.E.F., on 12 Oct 1915, regimental nmber 475450
- Private, P.P.C.L.I.
- Commissioned 21 Oct 1916
- C.M.S. 6 weeks
- Joined R.C.R. 20 Dec 1916
- Taken prisoner 9 Apr 1917 (The Officers' Record of Service book recorded Blott as "Killed in Action" that date.)
- Died of wounds while a Prisoner of War 13 May 1917.
Lieut. Blott is buried in the Niederzwehren Cemetery; Germany.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial: W.M. Blott
Date of Birth- 10 Aug 1893