William Bleaken
Memorial: Hawkesbury Upton
Regiment: Labour Corps
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 522553
Parents: Ann and Giles Bleaken
Marital status: Married
Home address: Hawkesbury Upton, Glos
Date of birth: 1884
Place of birth: Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire
Date of death: 28/08/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Hawkesbury Cemetery (G. 47.), Gloucestershire
Age: 34
Further information:
William Bleaken was born in 1895 and worked as a stone mason.
He was called up on June 1917 and served at home with 648th Agricultural Company of the Labour Corps. He died in hospital in Bristol in August 1918 after a short illness.
William was married to Mary Bleaken of High Street, Hawkesbury Upton, Glos.
William Bleaken is remembered on the Chipping Sodbury and District Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre under Hawkesbury.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Many thanks to the researcher Simon Bendry.
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