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Sgt. Charles Albert Blake
British Army 5th Battalion Dorset Regiment
from:Wimborne, Dorset
Charles Blake was my great grandfather. He was born in Stenning in 1897. He served with the Royal Marines Light Infantry for the duration of WW1 seeing many fronts. He married Vyvyan Agnes Maud Aynsworth Allen in Dec 1920 and they moved to Wimborne where Charles worked as a steam roller driver, they had 4 children.
In 1939 he is shown on a local electoral register as being a Sgt with the 5th Battalion, Dorset Regiment a partial service number is visible 5721... Any further information on this second military career will be gratefully received.

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