Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookziell, and had two children: John, _b._ 9 June, 1913; and Anna, _b._ 12 Oct. 1911. =BLACKMAN, JOHN THOMAS=, Private, No. 258, Princess Patricia's L.I., Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late John Blackman, Sergt., 33rd West Riding Regt., by his wife, Mary (5, Best Town, Cage Lane, Chatham), dau. of Patrick Lyons; _b._ Lucknow, India, 11 April, 1881; educated Chatham; enlisted in the Grenadier Guards, and after serving five years went to Canada, 4 April, 1910, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial service. He was killed in action at Hill 60, 4 May, 1915; _unm._ =BLACKMAN, THOMAS=, Sapper, No. 1544, Royal Engineers, eldest _s._ of William James Blackman, of 86, Church Street, Ore, Painter; _b._ Hastings, co. Sussex, 23 Nov. 1873; was a Painter; enlisted, 13 Oct. 1914; went to the Front, 22 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action, 5 March, 1915. His Capt. wrote: "He was carrying out last night some dangerous work in front of our trenches and was hit by a stray bullet." He _m._ 1st, at Ore, Hastings, Laura (died 12 July, 1910), dau. of William Holewell, labourer; and 2ndly, at the same place, 7 Oct. 1911, Philly Jane (60, Fairlight Road, Ore, Hastings), dau. of William Mepham, Naval Pensioner, and had three children by his 1st wife: Thomas William, _b._ 24 May, 1907; Rose, _b._ 2 July, 1908; and Laura, _b._ 20 Feb. 1910. [Illustration: =Thomas Blackman.=] =BLACKSTONE, WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3700A, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BLAKE, AUGUSTUS EDWARD=, C.P.O. (R.F.R., A. 2043), 153991, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BLAKE, HENRY=, Private, No. 1835, 118th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of David Blake, of Grange View, Chalfont St. Peters, by his wife, Maria, dau. of James Butcher; _b._ Chalfont St. Peters, co. Bucks, 2 May, 1892; educ. National School there; joined the 8th Middlesex Territorials, Sept. 1912; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914, and volunteered for foreign service; served at Gibraltar, 3 Sept. 1914, to Feb. 1915, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 8 March, to 26 April, 1915, on which date he was killed in action at Zonnebeke during the second Battle of Ypres; _unm._ =BLAKE, JOHN EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2641), 205973, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BLAKE, LOUIS CHARLES=, Private, No. 27168, B Coy., 15th Battn. (48th Highlanders) Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Harry George Blake, of 689, Ontario Street, Toronto, Canada, Gasfitter, by his wife, Louisa, dau. of Charles Henry Stiling, of Walworth; _b._ Camberwell, London, 22 Jan. 1888; went to Canada with his parents when one year old in 1889; educ. Sackville Street Public School, Toronto, and was a Fourth Book Scholar. He served with the 12th York Rangers from 7 June, 1904, to 18 May, 1912, when he obtained his discharge with an excellent character. He then served for a short time with the A.S.C., and joined the 48th Highlanders in 1913, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, was one of the first to volunteer for service overseas. He left with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter; went to the Front in Feb. 1915, and served continuously until 5 Dec. 1915, when he was killed in action at 10.5 p.m. at King Edward Terrace (Ration Farm), France, by a high explosive shell. He was buried there; _unm._ His brothers, Corpl. Edward Blake, 19th Battn., and Private Harry Blake, 74th Battn., are now (1916) on active service. [Illustration: =Louis Charles Blake.=] =BLAIR, SIDNEY BARCLAY=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn., Royal Warwickshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of John Blair, of Bidston House, Wigan, J.P., M.D., by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of F.... Love, of The Priory, Grosmont, co. York; _b._ Wigan, 20 Aug. 1885; educ. Wigan and Warminster Grammar Schools, and Giggleswick School, where he won his colours and became a corpl. in the O.T.C. He matriculated at Liverpool University in 1913, and passed his first professional examination in medicine shortly after the outbreak of war. Volunteering, he was gazetted to the 3rd Battn. of the Warwickshire Regt., 19 Nov. 1914, and on going to France in March was transferred to 2nd Battn. He was killed in action at Festubert by a shell between the 1st and 2nd line German trenches, whilst leading his platoon, 16 May, 1915, and was buried at Le Touchet; _unm._ His colonel wrote: "He died gallantly leading his platoon attacking the Germans, 16 May." His Adjutant: "I always found him so willing and always ready to be of service. His loss will be greatly felt in the regt." His Capt.: "Your son belonged to my company, and he was killed between the 1st and 2nd line German trenches. His platoon was the first of the battn. to attack, and he led them most gallantly." [Illustration: =Sidney Barclay Blair.=] =BLAKEWAY, COL. THE REV. PHILIP JOHN THOMAS, M.A., T.D.=, Chaplain, 4th London Mounted Brigade, 2nd Mounted Division, and Vicar of Walberton, Arundel, _s._ of Philip Edward Blakeway, of 29, Clifton Gardens, Folkestone, by his wife, Maria, dau. of John Wootton; _b._ London, -- March, 1865; educ. Malvern, and Magdalen College, Oxford, and on leaving the latter in 1884 received a commission in the 8th Hussars and joined the regt. in India. After six years he sent in his papers, went back to Magdalen College, Oxford, and took his degree and was ordained Deacon in 1891 and priest in 1893. After holding curacies at Camberwell, Lambeth and Battersea, he was for seven years Chaplain to the Earl of Lathom, and in 1902 became temporary Chaplain to the Forces at Chichester Barracks. In 1903 he was appointed to the rectory of All Saints', Hastings, and in 1907 to the Vicarage of Walberton. Since 1893 he had been Chaplain to the Middlesex Hussars (1st County of London), and when war broke out he applied to go to the Front, and was appointed 1st Class Chaplain with the rank of Colonel. He went out to Egypt with one of the first drafts of troops, and died on active service at Ismailia, 16 June, 1915, of heart failure. He _m._ at Old Windsor, 10 Aug. 1893, Sibyl Agnes (The Cottage, Halnaker, Chichester), dau. of Francis Ricardo, of The Friary, Old Windsor, and 44, Portman Square, W., J.P.; _s.p._ [Illustration: =Rev. P. J. T. Blakeway.=] =BLAKEY, GEORGE HENRY=, A.B., J. 7104 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BLANCHETT, CHRISTOPHER=, Sergt., No. 18159, 3rd Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Frederick Blanchett, of Whitehill Cottage, Wootton Bassett, by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Curry, of North Curry, co. Somerset; _b._ Wootton Bassett, co. Wilts, ....; educ. Council School there; enlisted in the Wiltshire Regt.; served through the South African war, afterwards going to Canada in April, 1913. After the outbreak of war he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Ducks' Bill, France, 19 June, 191 |