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NAME:                      Blanchard, Frank
RANK:                      Colour Sergeant
UNIT:                      Royal Marine Light Infantry
BATTALION ETC:             Portsmouth Battalion, Royal Naval Division
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         PO/6754
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 6th May 1915
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
OTHER INFORMATION:         Born 25th September 1874 at Forton, Gosport, Hampshire, England.
                           Enlisted 25th April 1893.
                           Husband of Henrietta Blanchard of County Secondary School, Summer Avenue, Peckham London, SE (RN War Graves Roll).
                           On one pension card address is Fareham, on another 84 Wilson Street, Hamilton, Ontario.
                           Married 22nd September 1906.
                           In 1911 family living at 17 Leesland Road, Gosport, Hants.