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Major CHARLES EDWARD BLANFORD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

30th Mountain Battery

Date of Death

Died 11 July 1915

Age 41 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

II. R. 1.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Amy Blanford, of Highgate, London; husband of Vida M. Blanford, of 28, Milnthorpe Rd., Eastbourne.
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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