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Neville Bernard Blackwell

Rank:GunnerNumber:705233
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No:210th Bde ('C' Bty)
Name of Rgt or Ship:Royal Field Artillery
Died:22/09/1917Age:24
How Died:Killed in Action
Country of burial:BelgiumGrave Photo:Yes
Cemetery or Memorial:Menin Road South Cemetery, Ypres
Town Memorial:Not Listed
Extra Information:
Born on the 16th March 1893, the birth being registered during the June
quarter 1893 in the Altrincham R.D. - ref: 8a/188, the only son of Harry
Gratrix & Mary Blackwell (nee Martin).

1901 Census - 176 Russell Street, Moss Side, Manchester.  Son - aged: 8 -
born: Sale.   Head of household - Harry G. Blackwell - Married - aged: 36 -
occ: Chartered Accountant's Clerk - born: Manchester.  Also - Mary
Blackwell - Wife - aged: 35 - born: Germany.  Plus 3 sisters.

Attended St. Margaret's Central Boys' School, Whalley Range, Manchester.

1911 Census - 176 Russell Street, Moss Side, Manchester.  Son - aged: 18 -
occ; Clerk to Calico Printer - born: Sale.   Head of household - Harry G.
Blackwell - Married - aged: 46 - occ: Cashier to Cotton & Linen
Manufacturer - born: Manchester.  Also - Mary Blackwell - Wife - aged: 45 -
born: Hanover, Germany.  Plus 2 sisters.

Employed by the Shipping House of Messrs. Dugdale, Everton & Company,
Bridgwater House, Manchester and is commemorated on their Roll of Honour.

Joined the R.F.A. Territorial Force on the 16th October 1912 and was called
up in August 1914.  He served with the M.E.F. in Egypt from May 1915 and in
France from February 1917

MIC - France 06/06/1915.  Awarded the 1915 Star, the BWM & VM.

M.I. - "Duty nobly done".

Commemorated in the De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour.

Commemorated on the family gravestone in Sale Cemetery - L.997.
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