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Gunner HORATIO FRANK BLAKEMAN

Service Number: 77407
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"A" Bty. 56th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 23 May 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

V. S. 13.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Horatio and Mary Ann Blakeman, of 25, Free Trade St., Northwood, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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