Private 12687 Herbert BLOWER

7th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment

Died of wounds, France and Flanders, Monday 2nd April 1917, aged 32

Buried Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave VI.G.4

Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals

Son of William and Sarah Ann Blower, 73 Long Street, Atherstone

Husband of Emma Elizabeth Blower, 162 Brighton Street, Grimethorpe, Barnsley (remarried 1918, to Ernest Ryall)

Father to Herbert (Taylor), William, Harry, George, Bertram, Annie

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Blower
• NNWFHS Atherstone War Memorial Page
• Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery
• York and Lancaster Regiment

Other Information:

18th May 1917 Death reported in Atherstone News and Herald

19th May 1917 Death reported in Tamworth Herald

2nd Sep 1914 Army records show his signed up on this date