BLOUNT James Wainwright

  • First Name(s):
    James 
    Wainwright 
  • Surname:
    BLOUNT
  • Service Number:
    15445
  • Rank:

    Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    4th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    22nd August 1915
  • Age At Death:
    19
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    At sea
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Helles Memorial, Turkey, Panel 104 to 113.
  • Place of Birth:
    Ombersley, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester, resident Chadwick, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of James Blount, of Chadwick Hill, Stourport, Worcestershire, and the late Mary B. Blount

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BLOUNT James Wainwright Is Named On These Memorials

Hartlebury C of E School now in Hartlebury Village Hall
Hartlebury St James the Apostle Churchyard WW1 Memorial
Ombersley St Andrew’s Church
Ombersley War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Ombersley St Andrew’s Church with the additional information: Pte.
Hartlebury St James the Apostle Churchyard with the additional information: Private.

Further Information About BLOUNT James Wainwright

Rank given as Corporal on Soldiers Died in the Great War.

A photograph of Lance Corporal J.W. Blount can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 25th September 1915, available at Worcestershire Archives.

James Blount has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on the Worcestershire Regiment Panel on Helles Memorial.

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