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Private WILLIAM JOHN BLAKEMAN

Service Number: 235293
Regiment & Unit/Ship

North Staffordshire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 May 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY

I. C. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Minnie Blakeman, of 5, Marlborough Rd., Hightown, Manchester. Native of Nantwich, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription GOD THOUGHT IT BEST TO TAKE HIM TO HIMSELF TO REST
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Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 636
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