The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A J Blain

Private Albert John BLAIN, G/15872, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, 7th October 1916, age 34.

Born Sandy, Bedfordshire, (circa 1886), son of John & Elizabeth Blain.

1911 Census - Laburnham Road, Sandy - Ann Blain head, age 63, widow, married 32 years, 3 children, 2 still alive, born Sandy, Bedfordshire; Albert John Blain, son, age 28, single, market gardener labourer, born Sandy, Bedfordshire.

1913, December Quarter, Caxton District, Cambridgeshire, married Ada Bruce, of 11, Council Cottages, Gamlingay, Sandy, Bedfordshire.

Enlisted Sandy, Bedfordshire. Resided Laburnham Road, Sandy, Bedfordshire.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

Link to Sandy, Bedfordshire Roll of Honour

This page was last updated on 17-Jan-2017.