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Surname: BLAYTHORNE
Forename(s): Charlie
Place of Birth: Silsden, Yorkshire
Service No: 26989
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1st Battalion
Division: 6th Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-03-21
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 4.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SILSDEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Charlie Blaythorne was the son of William Fortune and Mary Ann Blaythorne, née Nixon. Both parents were born at Silsden, Yorkshire.
1891 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 70, Aireview - Charley Blaythorn, aged 6 months, born Silsden, son of William Fortune and Mary Ann Blaythorn.
1901 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 44, Aireview - Charlie Blaythorne, aged 10 years, born Silsden, son of William F. and Mary Ann Blaythorne.
1911 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 44, Aire View - Charlie Blaythorne, aged 20 years, born Silsden, son of William Blaythorne, widower.
Charlie was married to Mary Hudson in 1916.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Charles Blaythorne, 26989, W. York. R. Pres. Dead 21.3.18.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Charles Blaythorne, 26989, 21st W. York. R.; 1st W. York. R. Presumed Dead 21.3.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Charles Blaythorne, 26989, 1/Bn W. Yorks. Date and Place of Death: 21.3.18 on or since. Death pres. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Mary. £12 19s. 6d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Charles. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Mary, born 4.12.84. Address: 8, East View, Silsden, Nr Keighley.
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 6th Division
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