Pvt
Joseph Baird Blakeney
Military Details
Service Number: 325232
Regiment & Unit / Ship
15 th West Riding Regt. (Prince of Wale's Own)
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Place of Enlistment
Wallsend, Northumberland
Residence at Enlistment
Tyneside
Rank at Enlistment
Pvt
Battalion at Enlistment
15th
Service Number at Enlistment
325232
Service History
UK WW1 Service and Medal Award Rolls: Served with 15th; 15/17th, 16th and 1st Battalions West Yorkshire Regiment and was also attached to the 3rd Entrenching Battalion all under service number 32532. Also served with the 4th Yorkshire Regiment, service number 204307. UK Register of Soldiers' Effects; Amount Authorized: £11 5s 2d plus War Gratuity of £5. To Whom Authorize: Widow, Catherine, for self and children.
Transfer Details
Battalion Transferred To
4th
Rank After Transfer
Pvt
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1887
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
R.C.
Address
226 Station Road, Wallsend, Northumberland
Residence (Roll of Honour)
226 Station Road, Wallsend, Northumberland
Parents
Son of Joseph and the late Jane Blakeney, nee Kirk of Cleator Moor, Cumberland. Married 1871 in Whitehaven Registration District
Siblings
Sibling of Annie Kirk, Samuel, Ellen Kirk, David, Sarah Gainford, Jane Thompson, Agnes Osborne and Margaret Kirk Blakeney.
Married
Husband of Catherine Blakeney, nee Sutton. Married 1912 in Tynemouth Registration District
Children
Father of James and Jane Kirk Blakeney.
Remarriage of Widow
To Joseph Matthews, 1922 in Tynemouth Registration District.
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Labourer
Work Address
Shipyard
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
14th July 1918
Age at Death
31
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Poperinge
Theater of Action
Flanders
Regiment at Death
West Riding Regt. (Prince of Wale's Own)
Battalion/Vessel at Death
15 th
Rank at Death
Pvt
Buried or Commemorated at
NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY
Belgium
Grave Position: XV. A. 6
Private Memorial: 1914-1918 Plaque, St. Luke's Church, Wallsend. St Marys R Church Cleator WW1 Memorial
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