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Rifleman GILBERT FOSTER BLIGHT

Service Number: 302721
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 March 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOUCHY-LES-AYETTE BRITISH CEMETERY

I. E. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Howard and Fanny E. Blight, of "Forest View," Dudsbury Avenue, Ferndown, Dorset. Born at Finchley, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE ENDURED HARDNESS AS A GOOD SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST
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Buried or commemorated at

DOUCHY-LES-AYETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 738
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