Cecil Harold BLAYDON

1895 - 1917  (22 years)

• Name	Cecil Harold BLAYDON
  Birth	1895	Mildenhall, Suffolk   [1]
  Gender	Male
  War Memorial	20 Jul 1917	Palestine   [2]
  In Memory of Private C BLAYDON, 200712, 1st/5th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment, who died on 20 July 1917. Remembered with honour - GAZA WAR CEMETERY
  Death	20 Jul 1917	Palestine   [2]
  Newspaper Report	16 Aug 1917	Luton, Beds   [3]
  LUTON NEWS & BEDFORDSHIRE CHRONICLE: Pte. C Blaydon. The war has taken heavy toll of the household of Mr and Mrs Blaydon, The Knapps, Toddington-road, Leagrave. Official intimation has been received that their second son, Pte C Blaydon, was killed in Action on July 20th. Since the outbreak of war he had been serving with the Bedfordshire Regiment, including the Dardanelles campaign. He was a stretcher-bearer, and had seen considerable active service. The youngest son, Pte A Blaydon, was killed at Suvla Bay on August 15th, 1915, with the 1/5ths. The eldest son, Percy, is serving in France with the RGA, and was recently in hospital suffering from shell shock, but he has now returned to his battery. A letter was received by his parents on Tuesday morning from his pal:- "I thought it my duty to write to tell you that your son, Pte Cecil Blaydon, is dead. He was killed instantly while we were raiding the enemy's position. He was like by everyone in his company, officers and men, and I was myself a great pal of his. He was buried behind our line in a cemetery this morning." The eldest son, Bomb. P S Blaydon is back in hospital again with shell-shock.
  Person ID	I4956	Freeman-Culpin | Freeman descendants
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Sydney BLAYDON,   b. 1860, Whepstead, Suffolk d. 1942, Luton, Beds (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Mary VALE,   b. 1856, Aldringham, Suffolk d. 1921, Luton, Beds (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1883	Newmarket, Suffolk   [4]
  Family ID	F1086	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S173] GRO BMD Indexes 1837-2018, (www.ancestry.co.uk), SQ1895, Mildenhall, 4a 811. [S22] Commonwealth War Graves Commission, (www.cwgc.org). [S290] British Newspaper Archive, (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk). [S173] GRO BMD Indexes 1837-2018, (www.ancestry.co.uk), SQ1883, Newmarket, 3b 907.