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John William Blakey

Private

Service No. 2083

Age 37

Died on 27 November 1916

Lincolnshire Regiment

QUEENS CEMETERY, BUCQUOY

Pas de Calais, France

Son of Thomas and Emma Blakey, of Thimbleby, Horncastle, Lincs.

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Henry Harrison

John, O valiant heart, who to your glory came….your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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John, I do not know the circumstances of your death, but, as a former Lincolns soldier myself, I can still salute you as the brave soldier y...

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