Advertisement

Advertisement

Pvt Leonard Blaker Veteran

Birth
Worthing, Worthing Borough, West Sussex, England
Death
30 Jun 1916 (aged 28–29)
Burial
Richebourg-l'Avoue, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
Plot
III. S. 5.
Memorial ID
View Source
Casualty of the Great War
Private SD/3525 Royal Sussex Regiment, "D" Coy 13th Bn.
age 29, died 30 June 1916, son of Benjamin Barrack Blaker & Lucy Blaker of 12 Richmond Rd, Worthing

" His brother, Private Frank Blaker also fell"
Casualty of the Great War
Private SD/3525 Royal Sussex Regiment, "D" Coy 13th Bn.
age 29, died 30 June 1916, son of Benjamin Barrack Blaker & Lucy Blaker of 12 Richmond Rd, Worthing

" His brother, Private Frank Blaker also fell"

Inscription

Included on family headstone at Broadwater Cemetery, Worthing, Sussex, England
"In ever loving memory of BENJAMIN BARRACK BLAKER died 7th March 1915 aged 66.
also of LEONARD aged 29 and FRANK aged 27 Royal Sussex Regt. Dearly loved sons of the above who fell in action in France 30th June 1916. Ever in the thoughts of those who loved them.
LUCY BLAKER died Nov 2nd 1930 aged 79 years.
DAISY NELLIE BLAKER died Nov 2nd 1932 aged 47 years"



Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement

  • Maintained by: Josie C
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56468659/leonard-blaker: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Leonard Blaker (1887–30 Jun 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56468659, citing Saint Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l'Avoue, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Maintained by Josie C (contributor 47504434).