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NAME:                      Blachford, Augustus Claude
RANK:                      Able Seaman
UNIT:                      Royal Navy
BATTALION ETC:             HMS Spitfire
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         J/15621
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 31st May 1916
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, UK
OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 22. Born 20th February 1894 at Eling, Southampton, Hants. Joined navy 9th January 1912.
                           Son of Augustus Arthur & Rebecca Blachford of Rushington Lane, Totton Southampton, mother a widow in 1911.
                           Brother of Ernest Sydney who also died.