BLAKEMAN

		Source
		CWGC	SDGW	Uttoxeter Advertiser	Other
Parents	Samuel T and Mary Blakeman				2a
Position in the family	4^th child, 4^th son				2a
Where born	Uttoxeter, Staffordshire		Yes		2a, 3
When born	April to June 1897				1
When born	About 1898				2a
Address	Stafford		Yes
	100 Cooperative Street, Stafford				3
	Court 4, Leigh Street, Stone				2a
Spouse
Children
Employment Before Joining up
Where enlisted	Stratford, Essex		Yes		3
Regiment	King’s Royal Rifle Corps	Yes	Yes		3
Unit	13^th Bn.	Yes	Yes
Unit	13^th (S) Bn.				3
Rank	Rifleman	Yes	Yes		3
Service Number	R/16899	Yes	Yes		3
Date of Death	11 April 1917		Yes
	9^th April 1917				3
	Between 9 April 1917 and 11 April 1917	Yes
Age at time of death	19 or 20				5
Where Killed or died	France or Flanders		Yes
Where Killed or died	Arras				3
How he died	Killed in Action		Yes		3
Location of Grave or Memorial	Monchy British Cemetery, Monchy-Le-Fleux: Grave I. E. 32	Yes
Awards
Where commemorated	Stafford Town War Memorial				3
Where commemorated	Stafford’s Roll of Service				3

Victor was born in Uttoxeter but he did not live in Uttoxeter for long. He was born between April and June 1897, and by the time the 1901 Census was taken he was living with his parents and siblings at Court 4, Leigh Street, Stone.

Name	When born	Where born	Relationship to head of household
Samuel T. Blakeman	Abt 1852	Calton, Staffordshire	Head
Mary Blakeman	Abt 1859	Hixon, Staffordshire	Wife
John H. Blakeman	Abt 1885	Stone, Staffordshire	Son
Samuel S. Blakeman	Abt 1889	Weston, Staffordshire	Son
John Blakeman	Abt 1894	Uttoxeter, Staffordshire	Son
Henry V. Blakeman	Abt 1898	Uttoxeter, Staffordshire	Son
Maggie Blakeman	Abt 1899	Uttoxeter, Staffordshire	Daughter
Annie Fradley	Abt 1885	Stone, Staffordshire	Servant

He is buried in Monchy British Cemetery, Monchy-Le-Fleux, which is in the Arras area.

The area of his burial and the date of his death tell us that he died in the Spring Offensive of 1917.