Private Archibald Netterville Blake

 

Number: 9673

Company: 45th (Dublin) Company, 13th Battalion

ENLISTMENT

Date: 10 January 1900

Place: Newbridge

Age: 28

Trade or calling: Land owner

Place of birth: Parish Hanwell, Town London, County Middlesex

Family: Single. Father Joseph Veitch Netterville Blake of Garracloone, Cong, County Mayo.

Previous military service: Lincoln Regiment. Discharged by purchase.

Description: Height 5' 8 3/4". Complexion fair, eyes grey, hair brown.

Religion: Church of England

ACTIVE SERVICE

Date to South Africa: 14 March 1900

Campaigns: South Africa 1899-1901

Service medal, clasps and other awards: South Africa 1899-1901

DEATH

Date: 28 May 1900

Place: Lindley

Cause: Killed in action

Commemorated: Blake is buried in the Lindley Cemetery (images below). He is commemorated on the Lindley Cemetery Memorial; on the Yeomanry Kop Memorial, Lindley; and on the 45th (Dublin) Company Memorial in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.

 

 

 


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