Private Horace Bleaney

Title (Mr/ Mrs/ Capt/ Rev etc): 

First name(s): 

Horace

Surname only: 

Bleaney

 

Pte Horace Bleaney, 22762, 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, was killed in action at Trones Wood on the Somme on July 3rd, 1916. He left a widow and two boys.

He had enlisted in October 1915 and was trained at Landguard and Felixstowe before going to the Front the following June. Prior to joining up, he was employed by hat manufacturer Miss Pattie Longstaffe, of Guildford Street, Luton,

Born on September 20th, 1877, he married Georgina Lawrence in 1897 and lived at 75 Ashton Road, Luton. At the time of the 1911 Census, the couple had two sons, Edwin Horace, aged 11, and Robert Lawrence, aged five. Horace was a straw hat blocker.

 

Service or Civilian?: 

Service Number: 

22762

Regiment: 

War time / or Pre War occupation: 

Straw hat blocker

Place of Birth: 

Luton
United Kingdom

Place of Death: 

Somme
France

War Memorial Location: 

Grave Location: 

France

World War I Address: 

75 Ashton Road
Luton
United Kingdom

Individual Location: 

Classifications: 

Connects to: 

Luton Roll of Honour

Year of Birth: 

1 877

Month of Birth: 

Sep

Day of Birth: 

20

Year of Death: 

1 916

Month of Death: 

Jul

Day of Death: 

3

Keywords: 

Most Relevant Date: 

Monday, July 3, 1916