The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal A Blakeman

Corporal Alfred BLAKEMAN, G/2138, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, death presumed on or after 25th June 1916.

Born Aston Manor, Birmingham, Warwickshire, son of Thomas Henry & Mary Ann Blakeman , 17 Witton Road, Aston, Birmingham.

1911 Census - 48 Dudley Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Owen Peake, head, age 33, married, meat salesman, born Lannerston, Cornwall; Annie Peake, wife, age 36, married 8 years, 2 children, both still alive, boarding house keeper, born Taunton, Somerset; Louise Peake, daughter, age 5, born Southampton, Hampshire; Winnifred Peake, daughter, age 3, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Alfred Blakeman, boarder, age 20, single, manual instructor, born Aston Manor, Birmingham; Frances Green, boarder, age 69, widow, independent, born Gunnersby Lane, Middlesex; Rosa Elizabeth Walker, boarder, age 64, widow, independent, born Acton, Middlesex; Annie Anderson, servant, age 17, single, general domestic, born Southborough, Kent.

Enlisted Tunbridge Wells, Kent, age 24, height 5ft 6¼ inches, fresh complexion, blue eyes, dark hair. Formerly manual instructor.

Home 5th September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF 26th July 1915 to 25th June 1916.

5th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th March 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 26th June 1915, promoted Corporal; 25th June 1916, posted wounded & missing.

10th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Henry Thomas Blakeman, 17 Witton Road, Aston, Birmingham; Mother, Mary Ann Blakeman, deceased; Brothers - Thomas Henry Blakeman, age 46, 17 Witton Road, Aston, Birmingham; Harry Edward Blakeman, age 34, Willow Road, Bromsgrove; Sister - Jane Kate Baddeley, age 44, 21 Addison Road, Kings Heath.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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