BLEWITT Fred

  • First Name(s):
    Fred 
  • Surname:
    BLEWITT
  • Service Number:
    7537
  • Rank:

    Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    South Staffordshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    20th October 1914
  • Age At Death:
    27
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium, Panel 35 and 37.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and enlisted Wolverhampton
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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BLEWITT Fred Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge Old Swinford Hospital School

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Additional information on the memorial: South Staffordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 20 October 1914. Age 27.

Further Information About BLEWITT Fred

Fred Blewitt was born on 11th February 1887, the son of Joseph and Charlotte Blewitt. He entered Old Swinford Hospital on 16th June 1896 and left the school on 16th December 1902 to go to his father to learn sand getting.

Source for additional information: Old Foleyans Remembered Casualties of WW1 published by the Old Foleyans Association, October 1998.

Fred Blewitt has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.

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