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Major St. JOHN LUCIUS O'BRIEN A. FFRENCH BLAKE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

21st (Empress of India's) Lancers

Date of Death

Died 19 April 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY

XIX. B. 1.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of The Rev. R. ffrench Blake, of Staple, Kent; husband of Doris Wilson (formerly ffrench Blake), of The Grange, Coulsdon, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription IN, LIFE, IN DEATH O LORD ABIDE WITH ME AMEN
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