BLAKEMORE, John Joseph
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Rank:
Private
Regiment/Corps:
Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Bn.
Service:
Army
Number:
4859010
Died :
Friday, July 11, 1941
Age:
21
Cemetery/Memorial:
Private John Blakemore was killed in action during operations in Syria. Son of George and Elsie Blakemore, of Ellistown, Leicestershire.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27
Note: Casualty Lists show 52 ME Cdo. CWGC show no Cdo attachment. However there are 15 from the 2nd Bn. Leicestershire Regt who died on the same day and are buried in this cemetery so he may have returned to his unit. Awaits possible future confirmation or otherwise of commando service.
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