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Lance Corporal COLIN BLANDFORD

Service Number: 21558
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 August 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION

Plot 2. Row E. Grave 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William E. and Mary Blandford, of Castle Farm, Dursley, Gloucestershire.
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Buried or commemorated at

FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 309
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