The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C H Blakey

Private Charles Henry BLAKEY, G/11468, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, 25th March 1918, age 29.

Born, Bradford, Yorkshire, son of Arthur and Annie Blakey, of 29 Evelyn Avenue, Thornbury, Bradford, Yorkshire.

1911 Census - 23 Marion Avenue, Woodhouse, Leeds - Arthur Blakey, head, age 43, married, dyers lookerover, born Bowling, Yorkshire; Annie Blakey, wife, age 44, married 23 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Bradford, Yorkshire; Charles Henry Blakey, son, age 22, single, pawnbrokers assistant, born Bradford, Yorkshire; Elsie Blakey, daughter, age 20, single, dressmaker at home, born Bradford, Yorkshire.

Enlisted Lewisham, SE, age 26, height 5ft 6½ inches, weight 120lbs. Resided 58 Sea View Street, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. Formerly insurance agent.

Home 29th November 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF 3rd May 1916 to 25th March 1918.

29th November 1915, enlisted & posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th September 1916, wounded, at duty; 21st July 1917, rejoined Battalion; 24th November 1917, proceeded to Italy with 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd March 1918, Battalion returned to France.

27th November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Arthur Blakey, 29 Evelyn Avenue, Thornbury, Bradford; Mother, Annie Blakely, 29 Evelyn Avenue, Thornbury, Bradford; Sister - Elsie Chorley, age 28, 29 Evelyn Avenue, Thornbury, Bradford.

Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Panel 58 & 59, Somme, France.

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