BORN HULL 19/02/1895. SON OF BENJAMIN BLENKINSOP (1861-1922) & ALICE MAUD BLENKINSOP, OF 16, COUPLAND TERRACE, SCULCOATES LANE (1911 CENSUS) AND 78, NICHOLSON STREET, HULL (ARMY AND WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A TANNER’S LABOURER. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS, MARGARET AND ALICE. HIS BROTHERS, GEORGE (EYR) & SGT. JOE W. (EYR) ALSO SERVED AT THIS ADDRESS.
A FORMER BLUNDELL & SPENCE, PAINT WORKER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST, 133 LBS WEIGHT, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 16/12/1914. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EYR (HULL.PALS) IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION ON 18/09/1917, AGED 22.
HE WAS A SINGLE MAN. HIS ARMY PENSION WAS SENT TO HIS FATHER BENJAMIN.
HE IS BURIED AT ROCLINCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THY WILL BE DONE”
HIS NAME IS ALSO INSCRIBED ON THE STONE PILLAR MEMORIAL AT ST MARYS CHURCH, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.
