In Memory Of

BLANKSBY, HAROLD ROBERTSON

Service Details
Age:
 31
Date of Birth:
 1885-11-05
Service No:
 3706
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 2nd Regt.
Unit 2:
 "D" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1917-04-12
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 2nd SAI, who went in 400 strong, lost 16 officers and 285 men.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I. B. 34.
Cemetery:
 BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Honourable James and Elizabeth Irvine Blanksby. Husband of Maud Blanksby, of the Mansions, West Street, Durban. Native of Sydney, Australia. Born Forest Lodge, Sydney, Australia. Educated in Australia, attended the University of Sydney, Australia, 1907-1910 (B.A.) 1911-12 (Law). Teacher at Glenwood High School, Durban. Schoolmaster at a number of Natal schools, including Hilton College. His brother Leslie Holmes Blanksby also died in service 6 March 1917