BLAKE, Edward Algernon Cleader

Ploegsteert Memorial, BelgiumCredit: CWGC

Major
2nd Battalion
Durham Light Infantry

Edward was born on the 27th of August 1871 in Carisbrooke to Edward Frederick & Anne Agnes (nee BROWNING) BLAKE, who were living in Shanklin around the time of Edward's death.

Edward was commissioned in April 1893 & had previously served in South Africa where he had been wounded & Mentioned in Despatches.

On the 20th of October 1914, aged 44, Edward was killed instantly by a German artillery shell & he was buried by his comrades on the battlefield close to where he fell. However, over the course of the War Edward's grave was lost & so he is Commemorated by the Commission on the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing in Belgium together with 11,390 of his missing comrades.

Edward is also remembered on the County & Shanklin 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.