BORN GANSTEAD, HULL 1895. SON OF JOHN BLENKINSOP (1848-1930) & ALICE BLENKINSOP (1857-1933), OF THE POST OFFICE, GANSTEAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
A FARM LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER, IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. HE MARRIED ELIZABETH WAUDBY AT BEVERLEY, IN MARCH 1918. SHE LIVED AT, ELLERKER, SOUTH CAVE, YORKSHIRE. HE DIED OF PNEUMONIA, IN FRANCE, ON 08/11/1918, AGED 23.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEER MEMORIAL AT HULL MINSTER.
HE IS BURIED AT STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE, SEINE-MARITIME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “PEACE PERFECT PEACE”.
First name:
CYRIL JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
474306
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
08/11/1918
Place died:
STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE, SEINE-MARITIME, FRANCE
Age:
23
POST OFFICE, GANSTEAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
