Profile: John Richard Blades

Private John Richard Blades (No: 25051(1458))


Date of Birth:

Place of Birth:

Hamlet:

Village: Stanhope

Parish: Stanhope

Enlisted: Tuesday, January 23, 1912, Stanhope (aged 17)

Regiment: Durham Light Infantry

Battalion: 6th Battalion

Conflict: First World War

War Record: Yes

Discharge Status:

Next of Kin: Son of William Isaac Blades of 12, West Terrace, Stanhope


Notes

Occupation at Enlisting - Quarryman - Gunshot Wound to leg 28/4/1915 also Cellulitus in Foot - 27th June 1916 - Admitted to hospital for bayonet wound to right eyeball whilst in the trenches in france