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Second Lieutenant FRANCIS WILLIAM BLAKE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

19th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 October 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VICHTE MILITARY CEMETERY

II. B. 2.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of William John and Agnes Blake, of 23, Hill St., Jarrow-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription STEDFAST IN LIFE VALIANT IN DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

VICHTE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 238
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