Blake family members who served in World War 1

Blake family members who served in the Great War

Frederick George Blake was killed in action on 8 May 1917 serving in the Australian Infantry. When he joined up the year before he gave his age as 36, but there is a suspicion that he might have been born in Jersey as early as 1874

One member of the family lost his life while serving in the armed forces and a further nine saw active service in World War 1.

The dates shown are often birth or baptism dates from our database, not necessarily those shown on service records, and parishes shown are parish of birth, where known, not the parish in which individuals were living when they joined up

• Frederick George Blake (1880-1917) son of Robert and Virginia, Private, Australian Infantry, killed in action

Sons of William Blake and Victoria, nee Le Lievre

• George Blake (1891- ) (St S) Private, Canadian Infantry
• Gordon Blake (1894- ) (St S) Driver, Canadian Army Service Corps

• Henry James Blake, Company Sergeant Major RE
• John Joseph Blake (1885- ) (St H) son of Joseph and Margaret, husband of Clara Priscilla, Private, London Regiment, wounded
• John Stanley Blake (1893- ) (St P) son of John and Mary Ann, ex-Militia, Sergeant RAMC, PoW
• Joseph Edward Blake (1894- ) (St H) son of Joseph, Private RE
• Patrick Leslie Blake OV, Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps
• Philip Hamon Blake (1897- ) (St O) son of Philip and Louisa Georgina, ex-Militia, Private RJGB
• William Henry Blake (1881- ) (St H), son of Joseph and Margaret, Mate, Mercantile Marine, ss Bertha