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Private JOHN BLAKELY

Service Number: 7340
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 July 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE

Div. 3. C. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Margaret Blakely, of 50, Balfour St., Maryhill, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription HE TOOK THE LOVED ONE FROM OUR HOME BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS
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Buried or commemorated at

STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 2063
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