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Horace James Blakesley

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Service No. 135873

Age 24

Died on 18 August 1920

Royal Fusiliers

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

Iraq

Son of Arthur E. and Caroline A. Blakesley, of 8, Milner Rd., Thornton Heath, Surrey. Re-enlisted May, 1919. Also served in France.

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Jennifer Conlon

Horace was my great uncle. Although I never knew him, I remember my mum and my great Aunt (his sister Florence) talking about him.

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