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