Blagdon Sydney Cpl 4454404 - Revision history

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Created page with "{{Personnel |id=2832 |Surname and forenames=Blagdon Sydney |Army number=4454404 |Rank=Cpl |Date of birth=Born County Durham 1912/13. |Age=32 |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infa..."

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{{Personnel
|id=2832
|Surname and forenames=Blagdon Sydney
|Army number=4454404
|Rank=Cpl
|Date of birth=Born County Durham 1912/13.
|Age=32
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but probably early 1939, judging by the Regimental Number. Posted ? 8th Bn DLI. Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably September 1939. Served ? BEF. Served Iceland. Served Normandy. DIED of WOUNDS 3/3/1945 sustained while with 11th Bn DLI.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=Died of Wounds 03-Mar-45. Authority: 104-91 (SW 610) (SW 612) in Gartlock Hospital, Nr Glasgow. Buried Grave 82. Sec 1. RC. Belmont Cemetery.
|Home address=Resident of Belmont, Durham City. Son of George and Mary Helen Blagdon, husband of Hermione Blagdon, Durham. Married Hermione Redden Q3 1935, Durham. Two daughters born 1936 (Margaret Agnes) and 1939 (Mary S) - the latter of whom died in 1941 at the age of two.
|Image Name=Cpl_Sidney_Blagdon_-_headstone.JPG
|Image Title=Cpl Blagdon's headstone.
|Source table=11DLI
}}

The inscription on the headstone reads - "Peace, perfect peace".

Corporal Blagdon's name has now been added to the Belmont Village War Memorial and was dedicated, along with seven other additional names, during the Remembrance Service on Sunday 13th November 2017 in the researcher's presence.

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-[[File:Cpl_Sidney_Blagdon_-_headstone.JPG|600px|thumb|centre|Cpl Blagdon's headstone.
+[[File:Cpl_Sidney_Blagdon_-_headstone.JPG|600px|thumb|centre|Cpl Blagdon's headstone.]]
 Corporal Blagdon's name has now been added to the Belmont Village War Memorial and was dedicated, along with seven other additional names, during the Remembrance Service on Sunday 13th November 2017 in the researcher's presence.

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 |Surname and forenames=Blagdon Sydney
 |Army number=4454404
-|Rank=Cpl
+|Rank=Corporal.
 |Date of birth=Born County Durham 1912/13.
 |Age=32 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but probably early 1939, judging by the Regimental Number.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably September 1939.  Served ? BEF.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  DIED of WOUNDS 3/3/1945 sustained while with 11th Bn DLI.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no actual enlistment date yet, but possibly early 1939, judging by the Regimental Number.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1st September 1939.  Served ? BEF.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy.  DIED of WOUNDS 3/3/1945 sustained while with 11th Bn DLI in Normandy.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Died/Killed in action=Died of Wounds 03-Mar-45.  Authority: 104-91 (SW 610) (SW 612) in Gartlock Hospital, Nr Glasgow.  Buried Grave 82. Sec 1. RC. Belmont Cemetery.  The inscription on the headstone reads - "Peace, perfect peace".