Lieutenant LESLIE St. LEGER BLAKENEY
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Lancashire Fusiliers
2nd Bn.
Date of Death
Died 28 March 1915
Age 23 years old
- Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. Gold Coast Regiment, W.A.F.F.
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of William Purdon Blakeney and Elizabeth Adeline Blakeney, of Woodside, Bideford, North Devon. Educated at Marlborough College and Sandhurst.
- N.B. Recent research has shown that Lieutenant Blakeney is buried here. Please note Lieutenant Blakeney's name also appears on Panel 48 on the Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton which will be removed when the panel is next replaced.
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