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Second Lieutenant G V BLAKE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 December 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MARCOING BRITISH CEMETERY

II. C. 13.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry Blake, J.P., and Catherine Blake, of Trowbridge, Wilts; husband of Nancy Eva Blake, of "Fairhavens," Oswestry, Salop.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

MARCOING BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 372
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