Geburtsdatum: 10/11/1897

Geburtsort: Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Beruf: Schreiner

Land: England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Truppe: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Private

Dienstnummer: 204537

Einberufung ort: Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Einheiten:  —  Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 1/4th Bn.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Sterbedatum: 06/10/1917

Sterbeort: Beecham, Belgien

Todesursache: Im Kampf gefallen

Alter: 19

1914-15 Star Medaille

British War Medal Medaille — 11/06/1920

Victory Medal Medaille — 11/06/1920

Private Harold Blakey served in the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 1st/4th Battalion, part of the 147th Brigade, of the 49th (West Riding) Division.

On the 4th of October 1917 the New Zealand Division captured the high ground at Gravenstafel and Abraham Heights during the Battle of Broodseinde. They were relieved on the following day. The 1st/4th Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) relieved the 3rd Canterbury and the 3rd Auckland Battalions in the front line near Abraham Heights.

Abraham Heights was heavily shelled throughout the 6th of October 1917 and the Battalion suffered several casualties in the front line. Private Harold Blakey was severely wounded, due to the German shelling and succumbed to his injuries on the same day. Private Harold Blakey was buried in the field near Beecham. His remains were exhumed after the war and were interred in Tyne Cot Cemetery.

"The History of the 1/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment, 1914-1919", Bales P.G., London, Halifax: Edward Mortimer. LTD, 1920, pg. 160-161. Verwendete Quellen

Ancestry http://home.ancestry.co.uk/ Weitere Quellen

CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/461965/blakey,-/ Verwendete Quellen

The Long, Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/ Verwendete Quellen

War Diary Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 1st/4th Bn. http://www.nmarchive.com/ Verwendete Quellen