Nova Scotia Archives
Halifax Explosion: A List of those that Died
Fatality no.: 741
| Name of Deceased | Balcom, Lieut. Harold Cecil |
| Date of Death | 12 December 1917 |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 27 |
| Address | Wellington Barracks Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Occupation | Orderly Officer, Canadian Militia 69th |
| Identified by | Major J. E. Morse |
| Buried | Public Cemetery, Paradise, Nova Scotia |
| Family | Father Burpee R. Balcom, predeceased; mother Mary Elizabeth Keddy, Boston, Mass. |
| Note | Snow's Funeral Home N/A …mounting morning guard parade when Explosion occurred |
| Sources | - City Directory 1918 - GANS list - HRC: List - Virtual War Memorial - NAC: Army |
Lieut. Harold Cecil Balcom was registered in the Halifax Explosion Death Registration Book 1917
no. 502 on page 83 below:
