Serjeant 15056 Robert BLANCHARD

45th Company, Machine Gun Corps,formerly 24222, Royal Welch Fusiliers

Died of Wounds, Sunday 24th March 1918, No.8 Casualty Clearing Station, Wavrans-sur-L'Aa, France, Age 34

Home address:

25 Back Lane*, Hyde, Cheshire

Born:

1884, Ince-Blundell, Lancashire

Parents:

Sarah Blanchard and William Blanchard
40 The Village, Ince Blundell, Lancaster, Lancashire

Marital Status:

Married to Catherine Blanchard (née King)
25 Back Lane*, Hyde, Cheshire

Occupation:

General Labourer

Enlisted:

Manchester, Lancashire

Remembered:

Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France, plot VI, row E, grave 52.

Link to Hyde:

Lived in Hyde

The message on his CWGC gravestone, put there by his wife:

R.I.P.

* Back Lane is now part of Lumn Road.   See our notes on Old Place Names.