Identity
Person No.
1910
Service No.
4756
Last Name
First Name
Walter Lennox
Initials
W L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 2nd SAI, who went in 400 strong, lost 16 officers and 285 men
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Additional Information
Notes
Son of Henry McArthur Blakeway, of Marshall Street, Cambridge, East London. On Cambridge Town war memorial for 1914-18. Walter Lennox Blakeway is recorded as being one of the 3 Officers and men who were relieved at Delville Wood on 20 July 1916. He was attached to the 2nd Trench Mortar Battery and later, after being wounded on 16 December 1916 he was later KiA on 12 April 1917.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project