William Tye Blathwayt

Rank:

Lieutenant

Unit at enlistment:

33rd Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Awards or decorations:

Croix de Guerre

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Niagara Region

Birth city:

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Fitter

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Awards and decorations
Wounded

London Gazette: 30184
Date: July 14, 1917
Honour or Award: French Croix de Guerre
Name: William Tye Blathwayt (A/1015)
Unit: 3rd Tunneling Company, Canadian Engineers

BX September 9, 1918

George B. Blathwayt of the post office staff has received word that his brother, Lieutenant William Tye Blathwayt, Croix de Guerre of this city, has been wounded. This is the third time that he has been wounded and he was also burned with liquid fire. He left with the 33rd Battalion transferred to the 4th and more recently to the Engineers, with whom he was serving when wounded this last time