Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Francis BLAKE
Serjeant 36493 Francis BLAKE
7th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment,
formerly 18487 Manchester Regiment
Killed in action, Monday 30th July 1917, France, age 21
| Home address: | 14 Bowker Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1896 United State of America |
| Parents: | Margaret Blake and John Blake 14 Bowker Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Messrs. Lockyer's Glove & Wash Leather Works, Hyde |
| Enlisted: | Manchester, Lancashire |
| Remembered: | Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, panel 34. |
| Link to Hyde: | Lived in Hyde |
After taking a reconnaissance over the top of his trench with several of his men, he was returning when he was shot through the heart by a sniper.