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Thank you so much for your reply.

Good to hear from a family member of one of those brave men who unfortunately never returned home while fighting for our family.

 

Do you know if there are photo's of James William?

 

 

Here a photo of the remembrance plaque.

Thank you for the message and the photograph of the plaque. We have currently started doing research as a family on James. His sister Mary (my grandmother) would have been 90 this year and she always wanted to visit his grave in Uden but never got there due to illness.

My mum has a photo of James which I will gain a copy of.

Thank you again for such a lovely thing you have done. We are aiming to visit his grave in September/October this year and will definitely visit this memorial plaque as part of our visit.

Hi,

I came across your thread whilst undertaking some family research.

I am the great niece of James William Blanchard.

He was born in Hull to Louisa Martha Blanchard and William Herbert Blanchard in 1922/1923. Siblings included Marjorie Blanchard, Lilian Blanchard, Percy Blanchard and Mary Blanchard (My grandmother). I am not aware James had any family. All his brothers and sisters are now deceased.

If I find anything further I will post this.

Thank you for your lovely thread. Kind regards

Hi all

Joined this group to gain further info for family history.