The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W A Blandford

Private William Alfred BLANDFORD, G/24586, (TF/1709), 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, 3rd May 1917, age 19.

Born Penge, Kent, son of Thomas William and Annie Maria Blandford, of 9, Provincial Terrace, Green Lane, Penge, London.

1911 Census - 9, Provincial Terrace, Green Lane, Penge - Thomas William Blandford, head, age 35, married, printer assistant, where born, not known; Annie Maria Blandford, wife, age 32, married 147 years, 8 children, 7 still alive, born Bermondsey; William Alfred Blandford, son, age 13, born Penge; Daisy Blandford, daughter, age 11, born Penge; Violet Louisa Blandford, daughter, age 9, born Penge; Liliam May Blandford, daughter, age 7, born Penge; Thomas Stuart Blandford, son, age 5, born Penge; Frederick Albert Blandford, son, age 4, born Penge; Walter John Blandford, son, age 2, born Penge; Mary Bizley, age 70, boarder, widow, where born, not known; Berty John Leat, nephew, age 17, single, general labourer, born Bristol.

Enlisted Beckenham, Kent.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, Pas de Calais, France & Holy Trinity War Memorial, Beckenham, Kent.

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