Blakeley, Alexander

BORN HULL 1891. ONLY SON OF MARGARET MOORE & ALFRED WILCOCKSON BLAKELEY, THIS ADDRESS AND LATER 44A HOLDERNESS ROAD. HE HAD AN OLDER SISTER FLORENCE (LATER MCDONALD). HIS FATHER DIED IN 1892 AND HIS MOTHER REMARRIED GEORGE McCLOUD A YEAR LATER HAVING THREE MORE CHILDREN. ALEXANDER BLAKELEY ENLISTED IN HULL. AND WAS KILLED ON THE 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 25. HIS BODY WAS NEVER FOUND. HIS MOTHER DIED A MONTH LATER, AGED 46. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE SHARED BETWEEN HIS SISTER FLORENCE AND HIS HALF BROTHERS JAMES AND ARTHUR MCLOUD. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM 23/09/1916.HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.