Percy Walter Blanchard, MM, of Royal Field Artillery, 350th Brigade, B Battery, of 53 Vauxhall Grove, Hull. Died of wounds, on 27/04/1918, aged 29
BORN HULL 1889. SON OF PERCY BLANCHARD (1869-1890) & AMELIA JANE SOUTHCOATES, OF 15 VAUXHALL GROVE, HULL AND 1 PRINCE OF WALES TERRACE, VAUXHALL GROVE, HULL.
HE MARRIED DOROTHY FANNY LEONARD (1889-1933), IN 1913. THEY LIVED AT 53 , VAUXHALL GROVE, HULL. THEIR DAUGHTER, ELSIE MAUD BLANCHARD, WAS BORN IN 1915. HE WORKED AS A BLACKSMITH AND ENLISTED IN HULL .SERVED AS GUNNER, 2575, AND 75340 AND THEN AS FITTER, 13/50, IN “B” BATTERY, THE 350TH ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT DUBLIN GENERAL HOSPITAL, ON 27/04/1918, AGED 29. HE IS BURIED AT BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY. HE WAS AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL FOR BRAVERY, AFTER HIS DEATH, ON 16/07/1918.
HE IS PICTURED ON THE RIGHT OF THE PHOTOGRAPH, SERVING THEN WITH THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY.
HIS NAME IS ONE OF 46 EMPLOYEES LISTED ON HULL’S “IDEAL BOILERS AND RADIATOR WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR”, NATIONAL AVENUE, HULL.
Percy Walter Blanchard, MM, of Royal Field Artillery, 350th Brigade, B Battery, of 53 Vauxhall Grove, Hull. Died of wounds, on 27/04/1918, aged 29
The Military Medal (MM) was a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army and other arms of the armed forces, and to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for bravery in battle on land. The award was established on 25th March 1916, with retrospective application to 1914, and was awarded to other ranks for “acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire”. The award was discontinued in 1993 when it was replaced by the Military Cross, which was extended to all ranks, while other Commonwealth nations instituted their own award systems in the post war period.
