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Record #16790
Name :
: Blair TOPE (1897 - 1918)
  aka : Private Tope


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 6 Sep 1897

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 15 Dec 1918   Notes : Influenza and Pneumonia - Death Due to Service
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Cornwall, St. Germans
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Frontanac, Kingston
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 20 Jul 1907
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Kensington

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Barnardos

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Blair Tope. Son of Sarah Pollard and Edwin Tope.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Blair Tope
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1897
Registration District: St Germans
Inferred County: Cornwall
Volume: 5c
Page: 30

1901 English Census records for Lily Pollard (29 years of age born in Kingsand, Cornwall, England) was in Kinsand, Cornwall, England. In residence were her Newphews, William (15), Sidney (13), Duncan (5) and Blair (3), as well as a boarder, Alfred Tope who was 25. Lily works as a garden labourer.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: TOPE
Given Name: Blair
Age: 9
Sex: M
Ship: Kensington
Year of Arrival: 1907
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1907-07-11
Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 1907-07-20
Party: Barnardo Homes
Destination: Toronto, Ontario
Comments: See also C-4716 and T-527
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1a
Microfilm: T-491
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

Attestation papers were signed 2 Feb 1916 in Ripley, Ontario. Blair states he was born 6 Sep 1897 in Ipswich, England. He is a Farm Labourer in Ripley, Ontario. His Next of Kin was sister Lily Tope, first listed in London, England, that listed as Lily James of 8 Frankfort Street, Plymouth, England. 5'2 1/2" in height with grey eyes and dark brown hair, he had 4 vaccination marks on his right arm. Religion was listed as Methodist.

He died 15 Dec 1918 in Colbourg Military Hospital in Kingston, Ontario. Official Cause of Death on his Ontario Death Record was of Influenza Pneumonia. He had previously suffered gunshot wounds to the next and left arm, and was suffering from exhaustion and psychosis (Colbourg housed soldiers with cases of 'Shell-Shock', which we now know as PTSD).
Circumstance of Casualty record states he died of exhaustion Psychosis and Pneumonia. It states his Next of Kin as Mr. C James of 15 (14 is scratched out) Windsor Place, Plymouth, England.

Lilly Spencer Blair Pollard is listed in the England & Wales National Probate Calendar Index of Wills and Administrations in 1951. Of Armada Road, Cawsand, Corwall. A spinster, she died 24 May 1951 in Lamellion Hospital in Liskeard. She left her estate to Lily James, wife of Charles James.

Find A Grave Memorial# 119438675 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-09-21 20:51:52 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-10-28 13:27:48 /

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