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Private GEORGE EDWIN BLAKE

Service Number: 5384722
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAVINCHOVE CHURCHYARD

Grave 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Walter and Annie Maria Blake, of Waltham St. Lawrence, Berkshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN GOD'S GARDEN ONE DAY WE'LL MEET YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

BAVINCHOVE CHURCHYARD
Nord France
Number of casualties: 8
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