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Martin Blakemore

Private

Service No. 1608

Age 22

Died on 12 October 1916

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Somme, France

Son of John and Mary Blakemore, of 29, Ransome Rd., Arley, Coventry.

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Henry Harrison

Martin, O valiant heart, who to your glory came through dust and ashes …your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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Remembered via Poppy Shop Somme Poppy Pin Supporter

We will remember them.

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From friends of the Legion at the Coventry Building Society

We will remember them. Today, Tomorrow, Forever.

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Martin, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, although so many of our comrades must have been blown...

Henry Harrison

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