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632. Dvr. Blake, Benjamin

Driver

Date of Birth: 27/6/1894, Swansea (CENS)
1908 Serv. No: 632
1917 Serv. No: 725091
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 27/6/1894, Swansea.

Bapt Benjamin Arthur 5/9/1894, All Saints, Kilvey. Parents - George & Annie. Add-Kilvey. Dads occ Pilot

1901 - 36 Kilvey Terrace, Swansea. 7yo. W parents (dad-able seaman from Norfolk), 2xstep-bros and bro Raymond.

1901 - Adm St Thomas Council School for Boys DOB 27/6/1894. Add-36 Kilvey Terrace

1911 - 32 Sebastopol St, St Thomas, Swansea. 17yo. Occ-Apprentice joiner, Palmer Bros. W parents (dad-boatman) and brother Raymond

1914 - Married Lily E Trollope, Q4, Swansea.

1921 - 32 Sebastopol St, St Thomas, Swansea. 27yo. Occ-Transport Worker, Swansea Harbour Trust, Price of Wales Dock. W wife, Lily, son George (1920), parents, and bro.

1939 - 34 Tydraw Place, Swansea. DOB 27/6/1894. Occ-Dock Labourer. W Lily E, Frank (1922), Lillian (1928), redacted, Eli (1932) & 2 more redacted

1982 - Died 1/6/1892, aged 87, Swansea. DOB 27/6/1894. Add-32 Sebastopol St, St Thomas.

Address:
32 Sebastopol St St Thomas
Swansea (CENS)

Military Service

No SR

Enl May/Jun 1912, pre-war territorial. Fr Swansea so poss 1st Battery

France 21/22 Nov 1915

Nothing else - Like Egypt Feb 1916

From his grand-daughter: I have always understood Gramps worked with horses, he was someones batman, a story I heard in recent years is of our aunt, gramps first child who was born after he left to go to war, when he returned he called her Maisie after a favourite horse...

Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 22/11/1915
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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