BLAKE James Robert

  • First Name(s):
    James 
    Robert 
  • Surname:
    BLAKE
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Captain

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    8th Battalion
  • Unit:
    attached 14th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th March 1918
  • Age At Death:
    24
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Arras Memorial, France, Bay 6.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of James Edward Huxley Blake and Beatrice Harriet Blake, 4 College Yard, Worcester

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Captain James BLAKE served and died in WW1.

BLAKE James Robert Is Named On These Memorials

Bretforton St Leonard’s Church
Malvern College WW1 War Memorial
Worcester Cathedral Cloister Windows

Further Information About BLAKE James Robert

Twice Mentioned in Despatches.

James Blake was born in 1893. He attended Malvern College as a Day student from January 1909 to 1911.

Two different photographs of Lieutenant/Captain J.R. Blake of Bretforton can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 13th January 1917 and Saturday 13th April 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.

James Blake has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Arras Memorial.

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Credits: School records courtesy and copyright of Malvern College.