Pte
Albert Walter Blatchly

Informations sur naissance

Année de naissance:
1898
Lieu de naissance:
Woodcroft, Gloucestershire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Informations générales

Profession:
Vendeur de magasin de textile

Informations service militaire

Pays:
Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
Force armée:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Numéro de service:
27933
Incorporation date:
20/11/1916
Incorporation nom de lieu:
Newport, Monmouthshire, Pays de Galles, Royaume-Uni
Unités:
 —  Grenadier Guards, 3rd Bn.  (Dernière unité connue)

Informations sur décès

Date de décès:
09/10/1917
Lieu de décès:
Suez Farm, Belgique
Cause du décès:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Âge:
19

Cimetière

Artillery Wood Cemetery
Parcelle: XI
Rangée: E
Tombe: 8

Distinctions et médailles 2

British War Medal
Médaille — 28/01/1920
Victory Medal
Médaille — 28/01/1920

Points d'intérêt 2

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Mon histoire

Albert Walter Blatchly was born around 1898 in Woodcroft, Gloucestershire. Before the war he worked as a Draper’s Apprentice and was employed by Baker & Manhire, Drapers in Newport, Wales. Albert enlisted in Newport on 20 November 1916 and served with the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, part of the 2nd Grenadier Brigade, of the Guards Division, in France and Flanders from 10 June 1917.

On 9 October 1917, the Guards Division took part in the Battle of Poelcapelle, a stage of the Battle of Passchendaele. At 5.20 a.m., zero hour, the Division advanced towards the Houthulst Forrest, with two Brigades. Of the 2nd Guards brigade, the 2nd Irish guards, on the right, and the 1st Scots guards, on the left, were the first to advance. The 3rd grenadiers were in support and were to advance to the third and last objective. By 9 a.m. the first two objectives had been taken and the Grenadier Guards took up the attack. At 11.20 a.m. they reported that the Battalion had gained the 3rd objective, though the Germans were still in control of a strongpoint near the line. This fortified position eventually fell and the 3rd Grenadier Guards dug in near Suez Farm. Several German counterattacks were repelled during the afternoon and all gains were consolidated.

Private Albert Walter Blatchly was killed in action on 9 October 1917. He was possibly mortally wounded during the attack on Suez Farm. Albert was eventually buried in Captain’s Farm Cemetery. After the war all the men buried here were reinterred in Artillery Wood Cemetery.

Fichiers 2

Sources 7

"Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account", McCarthy C., London, Uniform, 2018, pg. 126-127.
Sources utilisées
"The Grenadier Guards in the Great War of 1914-1919", Ponsonby F., Londen, MacMillan and Co., 1920, pg. 253-257.
Sources utilisées
Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.com/
Autre référence
CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/100756/blatchly,-albert-walter/
Sources utilisées
The Long, Long Trail
http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/
Sources utilisées
War Diary 2nd Guards Bde.
http://www.nmarchive.com/
Autre référence
War Diary Grenadier Guards, 3rd Bn.
http://www.nmarchive.com/
Autre référence