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Surname: BLAND
Forename(s): John
Place of Birth: Glusburn, Yorkshire
Service No: ---
Rank: Captain
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 18th (Service) Battalion. (2nd Bradford)
Division: 31st Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-01-28
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. U. 267.
CWGC Cemetery: BRADFORD (SCHOLEMOOR) CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: CROSSHILLS, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
John William Bland was the son of John and Hannah Bland, née Jowett. John, senior, was born at Glusburn and Hannah at Kildwick, Yorkshire.
1871 Kildwick, Yorkshire Census: Far Woodside - John W. Bland, aged 2 years, born Glusburn, Yorkshire, grandson of Hannah Jowett, widow.
1881 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: Bolton Road - John W. Bland, aged 12 years, born, Glusburn, Yorkshire son of John and Hannah Bland.
1891 Bradford, Yorkshire Census: 30, Howard Street - John William Bland, aged 22 years, born Glusburn, Yorkshire. [John was boarding with Samuel and Margaret Dalby.]
1901 Bradford, Yorkshire Census: Great Northern Victoria Hotel, Drake Street - John Bland, aged 31 years, born Glusburn, Yorkshire. Visitor.
1911 Bradford, Yorkshire Census: 27, Park Drive, Heaton - John Bland, aged 42 years, born Glusburn, Yorkshire.[Also residing there was his niece Hannah Purcell aged 16 years, born, Silsden and his cousin Charles J.E. Greenwood, aged 18 years, born, Sialkot, Punjab, India.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: card for John not found.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: entry for John not found.
John served abroad with the 18th (Service) Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (2nd Bradford). He returned home because of illness in May 1916. He became Lord Mayor in 1917 but died during his year of office. Newspaper articles regarding John appear in the 'Bradford Weekly Telegraph' from 1914 to 1918.
The informal title of the 18th (Service) Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (2nd Bradford) was the 2nd Bradford Pals.
John is commemorated in the 'City of Bradford Great War 1914-1918 Roll of Honour' and on the St. Barnabas' Church War Memorial, Heaton, Bradford.
Photograph: 'Leeds Mercury' (29 January 1918).
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Captain John BLAND

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 31st Division
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