BLAKE, Charles Herbert

Dury Mill British Cemetery, FranceCredit: Unknown

Private
A Company 75th Battalion
Canadian Infantry

Charles was born on the 27th of April 1897 in Carisbrooke to Herbert & Pauline (nee DARLICK) BLAKE who were living at 33 Norval Avenue, West Toronto in Canada around the time of Charles' death. The family had emigrated to Canada in 1911, having previously lived in Priory Road Carisbrooke.

Charles was Killed in Action, aged 19, on the 2nd of September 1918 during the attack & capture of the ridge & sunken road, at the storming of the Drocourt-Queant Switch Line, between the town of Dury & the Arras-Cambrai Road. Charles is buried in Section II Row A Grave 16 in the Dury Mill British Cemetery in France. He rests beneath a Commission Headstone alongside 344 of his First World War comrades, 12 of which remain unidentified.

Charles is also remembered on the Canadian National & Carisbrooke War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.