Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme
Picture courtesy of Mike & Rosemarie Thomas

Picture courtesy of Fran Torode

Son of the late Captain Thomas & Jane Blondel of Le Douit, St. Saviour's, Guernsey. Born at La Volante, St Saviour's, he emigrated to Canada in 1912.

Enlisted in Canada Sept. 1914.

Killed in action, aged 27 years

 

Battery Sergeant-Major Morton le Messurier Blondel
1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps
10/08/1918

Distinguished Conduct Medal	Military Medal & Bar

For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During an attack "he displayed the greatest courage and coolness whilst leading his two machine-gun detachments to a most advanced position under very heavy shell fire, assuming the command of the section after the officer was badly wounded".

Medals citations

 

Canadian attestation papers

 

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record

Remembered on: Island (Bailiwick) Memorial, St Peter Port, Guernsey St Saviour's Parish Memorial, Guernsey Alvinston Cenotaph, Ontario