Casualty Corporal BLACKFORD, DOUGLAS CECIL Service Number 2695136 Died 08/02/1944 Aged 26 1st Bn. Scots Guards Son of Herbert Henry and Florence Maud Blackford, of Birmingham; husband of Beatrice May Blackford, of South Yardley, Birmingham. INSCRIPTION: BELOVED HUSBAND OF BEATY, DADDY OF JACQUELINE AND TONY. SON OF C.S.M. HERBERT H. AND FLORENCE M. BLACKFORD Buried at BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO Location: Italy Number of casualties: 2025 Cemetery/memorial reference: XX. D. 11. See cemetery plan