Lance Serjeant 20567 William Gladstone Blake

(Photograph courtesy of Shane Beardsley.)

Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 11th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 06/11/15

Age at death: 24
Date of death: 23rd of March 1918 (Saturday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Pozieres Memorial - Panel 48 and 49.

Family details:
Son of William G. and Mary Blake, of 15, Moxon St., St. Helens, Lancs. Mrs Elizabeth Ann Martindale is sole legatee.

Census details:
1901 - Shows 9 years old schoolboy William G living at 15 Moxon Street, St Helens with his parents William G (34), Mary (31) and three siblings: George (11), Benjamin (6) and Mary E (2). 1911 - Sees 19 years old 'glass flattener' William G still living at 15 Moxon Street, St Helens with his parents William G (44), Mary (41) and five siblings: George (21), Benjamin (16), Mary E (12), Florence (8), Robert (4). AVL 1918 - as family details.

Notes:
M M [url=lmem.php?lmem=20]Remembered on St John the Evangelist, Ravenhead War Memorial[/url]

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/20567WilliamGladstoneBlake.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/20567_William_G_Blake.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication to Lance Serjeant William Gladstone Blake at St Helens Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Pozieres_Memorial3.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Pozieres_Memorial bearing the inscription for Lance Serjeant William Gladstone Blake (Photo courtesy of Ste M)[/caption]