Private Frederick Leslie Bland
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14 Oct 1899
Date of Death
23 Aug 1918
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Pte Frederick Leslie Bland, 77681, 13th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (County of London Regiment), was killed in action in France on August 23rd, 1918. He was the youngest son of Martha Elizabeth and George William Bland, stationmaster at Chiltern Green [station pictured just before closure in 1952].
Frederick had been called up on December 28th, 1917, and underwent training at Brocton Camp. He was placed in the Royal Fusiliers and sent out to France at the end of March 1918. He was 18 on October 14th, 1917.
An elder brother, Cpl Edgar Harry Bland (38741, 2/8th Lancashire Fusiliers), was a prisoner of war at Munster, having been captured on March 21st, at the start of the German spring offensive of 1918. He had been in France about 10 months.
Another brother, Frank Douglas Bland (Motor Transport, Army Service Corps) had been invalided home from Salonica in April 1918. He had joined up in August 1914.
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