The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H Blackman

Private Harry BLACKMAN, L/10429, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, France and Flanders, 22nd February 1915, age 18.

Born Whitechapel, London, son of Gustav (Augustas) & Johanne Bleckwenn ( Blackman), of 31 Sidney Road, Tilbury / 2, Homefield Road, Chiswick, London.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 18, height 5ft 5¼ inches, weight 124lbs. Formerly labourer.

Home 11th August 1914 to 6th December 1914; BEF 7th December 1914 to 22nd December 1915.

11th August 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th December 1914, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

27th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Gustav Bleckwenn, 40 Valetta Road, Acton Vale, W3; Mother, Johnanne Bleckwenn, 40 Valetta Road, Acton Vale, W3; Brothers - Gustav Bleckwenn, age 18, 40 Valetta Road, Acton Vale, W3; William Bleckwenn, age 16, 40 Valetta Road, Acton Vale, W3; Ernest Bleckwenn, age 14, 40 Valetta Road, Acton Vale, W3; Edward Bleckwenn, age 12, 40 Valetta Road, Acton Vale, W3; Fred Bleckwenn, age 10, 40 Valetta Road, Acton Vale, W3; Harry Bleckwenn, age 2, 40 Valetta Road, Acton Vale, W3; Sisters - Johanne, Bleckwenn, age 20, 40 Valetta Road, Acton Vale, W3; Florence Bleckwenn, age 8, 40 Valetta Road, Acton Vale, W3; Grace Bleckwenn, age 6, 40 Valetta Road, Acton Vale, W3.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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