WW1 soldier to be reburied with full military honours.

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  1. Peter Clare

    Peter Clare Very Senior Member

    A British soldier who was killed in one of the First World War's bloodiest battles is to be laid to rest with full military honours almost 100 years after he died.
    Sergeant David Harkness Blakey, of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme in northern France on 1 July 1916.

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    http://news.sky.com/story/1565862/wwi-soldier-to-be-reburied-with-full-honours
     
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  2. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Sad to see that his son who died in WW2 also has no known grave. I wonder if he'll ever be found/identified.

    http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2770678/
    BLAKEY, HENRY
    Rank:Bombardier
    Service No:777813
    Date of Death:01/06/1940
    Age:31
    Regiment/Service:Royal Artillery 30 Field Regt.
    Panel Reference: Column 8.
    Memorial:DUNKIRK MEMORIAL
    Additional Information:Son of David Harkness Blakey and Sarah Blakey, of Blaydon-on-Tyne, Co. Durham.

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    http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/769202/
    BLAKEY, DAVID HARKNESS

    Rank:Serjeant
    Service No:18634
    Date of Death:01/07/1916
    Age:26
    Regiment/Service:Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 11th Bn.
    Awards:M M
    Grave Reference: V. A. 13
    Cemetery:CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
    Additional Information:Son of Henry and Isabella Blakey; husband of Sarah Blakey.

    N.B.
    Please note that this casualty has yet to be buried, however this is scheduled to take place soon. His previous commemoration on the Thiepval Memorial (Pier and Face 4D and 5B) will remain until the panel is next replaced. Please contact the Commission for further information if required.
     
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  3. Guy Hudson

    Guy Hudson Looker-upper

    Henry Blakey's casualty card lists him as lost at sea. He joined the RA in 1928.
     

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  4. geoff501

    geoff501 Achtung Feind hört mit

    Also mentioned, Known Unto God, they made the small print. Lest We Forget. :poppy:

    "Two unknown soldiers - one from the Royal Irish Rifles and another from the Cambridgeshire Regiment - were also reburied."
     
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  5. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    From an Ancestry family tree:

    David Harkness Blakey :poppy:
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    TD
     
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  6. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    I was hoping to pin down the ship he might have been on but the Navy lost a significant amount of ships on the 1st June including the destroyers HMS Basilisk, Havant, Keith and the French Foudroyant so its pretty impossible really. Here's the regiments war diary entry for the end of May and 1st June 1940.

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