BORN HULL 18/03/1883. SON OF JAMES BLENKIN (1845-1923) AND BARBABA ANN MAWBY (1845-1920), OF 66, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A GAS WORKS LABOURER. HIS MOTHER WAS A BAKER AND SHOP KEEPER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, GEORGE AND JOHN AND FOUR SISTERS, ADA. AMELIA, ETHEL AND MABEL.
HE WAS A BRICKLAYER. HE HAD ALSO SERVED SIX YEARS WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA, IN FEBRUARY 1908.
HE MARRIED ON 10/12/1908, IN ONTARIO, CANADA. HIS WIFE FRANCES ANN FOSTON, LIVED 109 HIAWARTHA ROAD, TORONTO, CANADA.
HE ENLISTED IN CANADA AT THE AGE OF 33. DESCRIBED AS NEARLY 5 FOOT 10 INCHES TALL. BROWN HAIR, GREY EYES, FAIR COMPLEXION. CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. SCARS ON BOTH KNEES AND FOREHEAD. HE WAS KILLED BY A SHELL BURST, OUTSIDE HIS TENT AND DIED AN HOUR LATER. HIS DEATH ON 18/04/1918, WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 10/04/1919.
HE IS BURIED AT THE LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “BELOVED HUSBAND OF FRANCES A. BLENKIN DUNBARTON, ONTARIO, CANADA”
HE IS COMMEMORATED WITH HIS BROTHER, JOHN BLENKIN, ON ST MARY CHURCH MEMORIAL, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.
