Memorial

Lieutenant J De Blaquiere & Sub Lieutenant A B De Blaquiere

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Current Location

Bath Abbey Cemetery, Ralph Allen Drive, Bath, Bath, Avon, BA2 5AF, England

ST 75869 63636

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 20431
Description: Inscriptions on the base of a plinth, with a celtic cross on top.
Inscription: ALSO OF/ LIEUT THE HONOURABLE JOHN DE BLAQUIERE/ 2ND BATT SCOTTISH RIFLES/ (CAMERONIANS)/ ELDER SON OF WILLIAM 6TH BARON DE BLAQUIERE OF ARDKILL/ BORN AUGUST 1ST 1889/ SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN WAR/ IN 1ST BATTLE OF YPRES 1914/ KILLED IN ACTION AT NEUVE CHAPELLE/ MARCH 10TH 1915/ BURIED IN THE MILITARY CEMETERY AT/ BROWNS CORNER FESTUBERT SUB-LIEUT DE BLAQUIERE/ YOUNGER SON OF WILLIAM 6TH BARON DE BLAQUIERE OF ARDKILL/ BORN MARCH 25TH 1895/ SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN WAR 1914-1917/ HELIGOLAND BIGHT/ DOGGER BANK/ HMS LION/ JUTLAND/ HMS AMBUSCADE TBD/ LOST IN HMS LAURENTIC/ THROUGH ENEMY ACTION/ JANUARY 25TH 1917

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,relationships

Gravestone

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good