BORN HULL 05/05/1885. SON OF HORATIO ‘JAMES’ BLYTH (1863-1932) & MARIA ELLEN WINSOR (1856-1935), OF 8, DEVONSHIRE VILLAS, WELLSTED STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE HAD SERVED 8 YEARS WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE TERRITORIALS.
HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA, IN 1906. WORKED AS A BOOK KEEPER. MARRIED MABEL SHAKESBY, AT WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA, ON 08/08/1912. HIS WIFE MABEL & FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED AT 910 INGERSOLL STREET, WINNIPEG.
HE ENLISTED IN WINNIPEG, ON 08/071915, AGED 30 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 10.5 INCHES TALL, 38.5 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, LIGHT BROWN HAIR. POSTED TO FRANCE WITH THE 78TH CANADIAN (MANITOBA) EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. PROMOTED TO SERGEANT. WOUNDED, AT KEMMEL, BELGIUM, ON 22/09/1916. SHRAPNEL WOUNDS IN THE LEFT CHEST. REHABILITATED AT EPSOM HOSPITAL, ENGLAND UNTIL MARCH 1917. DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY, ON 15/02/1918. DIED OF INFLUENZA, AT ST VITAL, MANITOBA, ON 08/03/1919. BURIED AT GRAVE, NO: C8199, ELMWOOD CEMETERY, WINNIPEG.
HE LEFT ALL HIS ARMY EFFECTS, TO HIS WIDOW, MABEL, WHO MOVED TO 3 FERRIBY ROAD, BARTON UPON HUMBER, ENGLAND, AS PER CWGC RECORDS.
HIS SISTER BERTHA, HAD DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON 07/11/1918, IN HULL, AGED 26.
