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Major WILLIAM HENRY BLAKE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

1st Durham

Date of Death

Died 19 May 1916

Age 53 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WHITLEY BAY (HARTLEY SOUTH) CEMETERY

A. C. 245.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment Commandant of Whitley Bay Musketry Camp.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George A. and Hannah M. Blake, of Mintlynn, King's Lynn; husband of Lucy S. Blake, of Scarrdale Brow, Ambleside, Westmorland.
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Buried or commemorated at

WHITLEY BAY (HARTLEY SOUTH) CEMETERY
Northumberland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 73
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