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Major JOHN EDWARD BLAKEMORE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

43rd Bty. 24th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 05 October 1917

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY

V. A. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Blakemore, of 23, Paget Rd., Wolverhampton, and the late Councillor Edwin Blakemore.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL REST GIVE UNTO HIM O LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1883
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