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Captain NORMAN PILKINGTON BLAKE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 July 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

QUARRY CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN

III. D. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Eustace Blake. Educated at Malvern College. Became a Tea Planter in Ceylon and came home to join in the early days of the War.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY HIS SOUL TO GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

QUARRY CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN
Somme France
Number of casualties: 755
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