BLAKEMAN, Albert John
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Rank:
Fusilier
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Metropolitan Police
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Welch Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Number:
14604359
Born:
Friday, September 3, 1915
Died :
Thursday, June 15, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
28
Cemetery/Memorial:
Fusilier Albert Blakeman died of wounds during operations at Normandy, France. Son of Tom Edgar and Alice Blakeman; husband of Elizabeth Blakeman, of Pontllanfraith. A.V.C.M., L.V.C.M.
Albert was a Metropolitan Police Officer who volunteered for the Commandos joining HM Armed Forces on 19 May 1943. Police warrant number 124199; joined the Metropolitan Police 20 May 1935; in 1939 he was PC 467G with an address at Sotheby Road, Islington.
Sources
CWGC.
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/77.
Register of leavers from the Metropolitan Police / National Archives file MEPO 4/350/249.
The 1939 Register covering Islington, London.
Register of leavers from the Metropolitan Police / National Archives file MEPO 4/350/249.
The 1939 Register covering Islington, London.
Tony Moore FRHistS and Police Historian.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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