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Military service
Service number:
17955
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Worcestershire Regiment
Division:
3rd Battalion
Death:
August 16, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. C. 7.
Additional information
Son of Edward and Martha Bladen, of Montreal, Quebec. Husband of Gladys Marguerite Bladen of Coseley, Staffs.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 583 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SANDPITS BRITISH CEMETERY (FOUQUEREUIL) Pas de Calais, France
Fouquereuil is a small village in the Department of the Pas- de-Calais between Bethune and Bruay la Buissiere. Leave the village on the D181 heading towards Gosnay. 1.5 kilometres from the church turn right onto Rue des Potieres. After 200 metres turn left and pass under the Motorway. The Sandpits British Cemetery is 400 metres from the Motorway bridge slightly to the north, on the edge of a woodland.
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