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Rifleman PAUL GEORGE JAMES BLAKE

Service Number: 2694
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2, HEBUTERNE

IV. E. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Rosa Blake, of St. Sebastiano 30, Palermo, Italy, and the late George Blake. Born at Naples.
  • Personal Inscription UNITED IN THOUGHT BEFORE GOD I BLESS THEE MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2, HEBUTERNE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1356
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