Worcestershire Regiment

Surname	Blake
Forename	James Robert
Rank	Lieut. T/Capt.
Army No
Battalion	1/8th & 14th
Commissioned	1915-01-07
Date Of Wounds	Not set
Wounds
Died Killed	1918-03-25
Death Details	Killed in action, France
Enlisted Date	Not set
Enlisted Location
Date Of Birth	1893-10-21
Birth Place	Manor House, Wilnscote, Warwick
Residence	Bretforton Vicarage, Honeybourne, Worcestershire.
Discharged	Not set
Theatre Of War	France
Date Of Entry	1915-03-31
Z Class
Surname Spellings
Other Info	Twice Mentioned in Despatches. Initially reported missing in action at Courcelette, France on the 25th March 1918. Medical Board report dated 13 September 1916 states: 'He has been in France for 17 months. He contracted measles on 13 August 1916 and this was followed by laryngitis and pneumonia. He was admitted to hospital on 7 September 1916.' Son of Rev. James Edward Huxley Blake and Beatrice Harriet Blake (formerly Milward), of 4, College Yard, Worcester and The Lees, Malvern. Sister: Beatrice Elizabeth Blake, Bretforton Vicarage, Honeybourne, Worcestershire. Died age 25. Remembered at Cemetery: Arras Memorial BAY 6.

8th Worcestershire Regiment - Corporal

8th Worcestershire Regiment - Second Lieutenant

Attached 14th Worcestershire Regiment - Captain

The British War Medal

The 1914-1915 Star

The Allied Victory Medal

Medal	Rank	Battalion	Engagement	Awarded
Mentioned in Despatches	T/Lieut.	14th		1917-01-04
Mentioned in Despatches	T/Capt.	14th		1917-12-18

Medal	Rank	Battalion	Awarded
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Blake Lieut. T/Capt.