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Second Lieutenant LAWRENCE TURNER BLADES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

6th Bn. attd. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 July 1915

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TALANA FARM CEMETERY

II. D. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred Fletcher Blades and Ethel Mary Blades, of "Wraylands," Reigate, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH
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Buried or commemorated at

TALANA FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 531
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