BORN LEEDS 03/04/1895. SON OF JESSE BLAND (1852-1917) & CATHERINE WILSON, AT THIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 28/10/1915, AGED 19 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS. EX, 4800, 3/4TH EYR. TRAINED AS A SIGNALER. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 14/09/1916. TRANSFERRED ON 02/10/1916, TO THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. PROMOTED TO LANCE CORPORAL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/08/1918, AGED 23.
HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 2 YEARS AND 293 DAYS. UNMARRIED HE LEFT BROTHER, JOHN WILLIAM, GEORGE, HARRY AND CYRIL, AND SISTERS, ETHEL, EVERLYN, MARGARET AND ELSIE IN LEEDS.
NB: 11 ELIZABETH TER, WALCOTT ST; 6 DEVON ST;
First name:
STUART
Regiment:
Military Number:
28258
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
15/08/1918
Place died:
Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
23
147A , SPRING BANK WEST, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
