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Pte. Handel Richard Blackmore
British Army No. 9 Casualty Clearing Station Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Failsworth, Lancashire
Handel Richard Blackmore was born on Monday 21st November 1887 at 44 Drury Lane, Chadderton, Lancashire. He was the son of Walter Henry and Lydia Rachel Blackmore (née Farvis), brother to William Walter Blackmore, and first cousin once removed to Frederick Charles Blackmore and second cousin to Frank Wesley Blackmore. As a boy he had worked as a Cotton Mule Piecer (they had to lean over the spinning-machine to repair the broken threads) and later as a Cotton Spinner Operative. In 1911 Handel was living with his widowed mother Lydia at 750 Oldham Road, Failsworth, Lancashire.
During the war, Handel was assigned to the Royal Army Medical Corps as Private 42554 and was sent to France on 23rd December 1914. Unfortunately Handel's service papers were burnt in the WWII Blitz but based upon other soldiers' service numbers which appear in the same sequence it is fairly safe to assume that Handel enlisted on 23rd October 1914 and served in No.9 Casualty Clearing Station.
The unit left Southampton on 21st December 1914 on board the SS Georgian that arrived at Le Havre at 3 a.m. Handel served with No. 9 Casualty Clearing Station at Lycée, St. Omer and Lillers. Along with No. 4 Casualty Clearing Station, No. 9 left for Italy on 1st November as part of the Third Army, British Expeditionary Force.
Handel Richard Blackmore survived the war and was subsequently discharged on 17th March 1919 but placed in 'Z' reserve in case the war should recommence. After the war he worked as a self-employed Draper and died in June 1966 in Middleton, Lancashire fifteen months after his wife Ada had passed away.
2nd Eng. James Blackmore
Mercantile Marine SS Rhineland
from:Dublin
(d.11th Nov 1915)
James Blackmore was the son of George and Sophia Blackmore, of 33, Tritonville Rd., Sandymount, Dublin. He was killed at sea by a mine aged 38 and is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial in London.
2nd.Hand. John Blackmore
HM Trawler James Seckar Royal Naval Reserve
from:Dublin
(d.25th Sep 1917)
John Blackmore was the son of Samuel and Susannah Blackmore, of Dublin and husband of Bella Blackmore, of 1 Crofton Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. He was drowned in the loss of his vessel in Atlantic age 52 and is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Pte. Duncan Blackstock
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
(d.31st June 1915)
Duncan Blackstock served with the 1st Battalion Royal Scots in France 1915. He is buried in Ration Farm Military Cemetery.
Albert Christie Blackwell
British Army 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire& Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
from:High Wycombe
In the 1911 census my grandfather, Bertie Blackwell was based at Shorncliffe Camp, Elham, Kent. He enlisted with the 2nd Battalion of the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. During WW1 he served as a navigator with the Army Flying Corps before being shot through the foot. I believe he was invalided out to the North Staffordshire Regiment.
Rfmn. Arthur Frederick Blackwell
British Army 8th (Post Office Rifles) Battalion London Regiment
from:London
(d.22nd June 1917)
Pte Charles William Blackwell MM.
British Army 1st Btn. Gloucester Regiment
from:Bristol
My dad Charles Blackwell was just sixteen when he enlisted, lying about his age like so many others. He was in the 1/4th battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. He was injured and sent to recover and when he returned he was in the 1st Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment and his service number was 201227.
Pte. Charles Edgar Blackwell
British Army 21st (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Higham Ferrers, Northants
(d.9th Apr 1917)
2nd. Lt. Cyril Blackwell
British Army 16th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
(d.1st July 1916)
Cyril Blackwell, son of Marion Whelan Blackwell of Fairfield House, North Avenue, Salisbury, Rhodesia, and the late John Blackwell (B. & N.W. Railways, Bengal, India), served with the 16th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He was killed in action on 1st July 1916 age 33 years during the first day of the Battle of the Somme and has no known grave. He is commemorated at the Thiepval Memorial. A pupil of of Bedford Modern School 1891-00, commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923, has date of death recorded as 20th July 1915, possibly incorrect. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
Clerk Francis Blackwell
British Red Cross
from:Yeadon, Yorkshire
Does anyone have any knowledge of my ancestor Francis Blackwell who served, I gather, with the Red Cross in Boulogne but maybe elsewhere.
Dvr. Hubert George Blackwell
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:Surrey
Gnr. Ishmael Blackwell
British Army 162 Brigade, D Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Northop, Flintshire
(d.11th July 1918)
Ishmael Blackwell was born in Northop, Flintshire during 1898. The 1911 Census tells us that the family resided at Top Borth Ddu, Halkyn, Flintshire. The head of the family was Joseph Blackwell aged 48, who was employed as a Lead Miner at the Halkyn Lead Mines. His wife Alice Blackwell aged 44, a dressmaker and their three sons Ishmael Blackwell aged 13, Baden Powell Blackwell aged 10 and John Blackwell aged 4 years. They also had two daughters Alice Blackwell aged 8 and Dilys May Blackwell aged 6.
During May 1917 Ishmael enlisted as a Private with the Royal Field Artillery at Wrexham Barracks. Following the death of his elder brother Ishmael, Baden Powell Blackwell who was then aged 18 enlisted as a Stoker in the Royal Navy on 1 August 1918. He completed his training at Devonport aboard the Base Ship HMS VividII and then served as a Stoker on RMS Aquitania, which was at that time in service as a Troopship. Baden Powell was honourably discharged on 7 March 1919. He died in Flintshire on 7th June 1939, aged 39 years.
The County Herald Newspaper : Death of another local soldier: We are informed that Mrs Blackwell of Roseneath, Bagillt received information on Tuesday morning of the death of her son Private Ishmael Blackwell. The deceased was well known to a number of Bagillt, Flint and Halkyn residents and sympathy is expressed with his bereaved mother and relatives.
Thomas Blackwell
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Wrexham
Lt. Walter Blackwell
British Army 11th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
(d.28th Sep 1918)
Walter Blackwell was the son of William and Alicia Blackwell and husband of F. E. Blackwell, of 4 Herbert Avenue, Merrion, Dublin. He was killed in action aged 28 and is buried in Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery, Poperinge.
Pte. James Blackwood
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Dipton
(d.16th August 1918)
James Blackwood was a POW at the time of his death, he is buried in Rathiel French Millitary Cemetery
Sto. William Blackwood
Royal Navy
Pte. F. Charles H. Bladen
British Army 10th Btn. Yorks and Lancs Regt
(d.23rd Mar 1916)
Pte. F. Charles H. Bladen was executed for desertion 23/03/1916 age 26 and buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France.
Pte. David Blades
British Army 2nd Btn. Cameron Highlanders
from:Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland
(d.13th July 1915)
Pte. F. Blades
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Wingate
F Blades served as a Bomber, he took part in the trench raid on the might of the 5th-6th June 1916 and was wounded.
Eng5. Richard Edmund Blades
Merchant Navy HMAT A48 Seang Bee
from:Melbourne Victoria
Pte. Thomas Blades
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.21st Feb 1915)
Pte. Frederick Charles Bladon
British Army 8th Battalion Devonshire Regiment
(d.24th May 1916)
My Great Uncle Freddie Bladon was born in Berkhampsted in 1898 and enlisted at St Albans, Hertfordshire in 1915. He only survived six months and was killed at Flanders at only 18 years of age. I would like to know why when he enlisted in Hertfordshire and ended up in a Devonshire Regiment way down in the south.
Editor's Note: Only men who were already serving in the army when war broke out, or who joined a pals battalion in the first months of the war or those attested via the Derby Scheme served in their local regiments. All others were allocated to which ever unit needed additional men.
Pte. Harry Bladon
British Army 1/6th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment
from:Burton on Trent
(d.1st July 1916)
In 1901 Harry was living at his sister Ann's home in Burton on Trent, together with his widowed father Leonard, and siblings Ernest, Mary and Albert. Only Harry had been born in Blackwell, Derbyshire in 1887. It seems that the family were in Blackwell for only a short time between 1881 census and 1889 when Harry's younger brother Ernest was born in Burton. Private 4425 Harry Bladon of the North Staffs. (Prince of Wales ) Regiment 1st/6th Btn, was killed in action on July 1st 1916; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Pte. George Blagdon
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Durham City
George Blagdon transferred to the Royal Medical Corps
Pte. Hugh Blaikie
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.22nd May 1916)
Hugh Blaikie was born Glencorse, Midlothian, lived in Dublin and enlisted in Musselburgh as Pte. 22244, Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
2nd Lt. Cecil Blain
Royal Flying Corps
Lt. Blain was a POW during WWI. He escaped from Clausthal in Harz, but was recaptured. Then he was sent to Holzminden in Brunswick, where he escaped along with 29 POWs on the night of 23-24 July 1918. He and nine other escapees made it to Holland and freedom.
Lt. Blair
Army Durham Light Infantry
A. G. Blair
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Skr. John Blair
Royal Navy 2nd Btn. Royal Naval Brigade
from:Darlington
Cpl. John Cochrane Blair
British Army 9th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:Cardross, Dumbarton
John Blair of Dunwood Cottage, Cardross, Dumbarton enlisted with the 9th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on the 8th of September 1914 and went to France on the 19th February 1915. He was wounded, a gunshot wound to skull (23rd May 1915 I think) and discharged with pension on the 7th of January 1916.
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