Source: 116th Excel sheet by Mark Carmichael re. soldiers of 116th that served with the 18th Battalion.
Family Search: When Franklin Andrew Blanchard was born on 10 May 1883, in Ashburn, Ontario, Ontario, Canada, his father, Coakell Blanchard, was 44 and his mother, Ellen Jane Burden, was 40. He married Mary Elizabeth Alberta Jennings on 21 June 1909, in Ontario, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1915. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 32, his occupation is listed as mechanic in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. He died on 28 February 1953, at the age of 69, and was buried in Knollwood Cemetery.
| Reg number | 745922 |
| Name | Blanchard, Frank Andrew |
| Rank | Private |
| Year of Birth | 2/25/1905 |
| Date of Death | |
| Cemetery | |
| Cemetery location | |
| Country of birth | Canada |
| Home Country | Canada |
| City born | Ashburn, ON |
| Address | 97 King St W Toronto ON |
| Enlistment Date | 11/18/1915 |
| Drafted? | |
| Enlistment place | Oshawa |
| Origin Unit | 116th Battalion |
| Pre war Unit | |
| Final Bn | PPCLI |
| Ship | SS Olympic |
| Date in England | 7/31/1916 |
| Date in France | |
| Date w 116 | 11/18/1915 |
| Left 116th | |
| Married | windower |
| Occupation | mechanic |
| Wounded date | 4/18/1917 |
| Wound type/Death particuolars | Myagia, VD, GSW right shoulder shrapnel |
| KIA | |
| DOW | |
| Died other | |
| Missing/Presumed Dead | |
| Wounded | yes |
| Sick | yes |
| PTSD | yes |
| Medals | |
| Vimy | |
| Vimy area | |
| Raid | |
| Hill 70 | |
| Pass | |
| Amiens | |
| Parvillers | |
| Boiry | |
| Canal | |
| Other | |
| Unit History | to 18th, to princess pats |
| Other details | D Coy |
| Field Punishment | |
| FP Details | |
| Gravestone | |
| Underage | |
| Medically Unit | |
| Deserter | |
| Undesirable | |
| Casualty Description |
War Diary of the 18th Battalion CEF 