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Trying to find any information on John please.

Unconfirmed information:

Married Gertrude Peake in 1903.

According to this site he in on the 'overseas deaths' records as:

John R Blighton. L/Cpl, 64813, Lab. Ops., died 1916.

Any information about John and/or the Army lingo would be good thank you.

Have you looked on freebmd for his birth?

There is no death for him on the CWGC site in 1916

From www.cwgc.org

Name: BLIGHTON
Initials: J R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Unit Text: 1st Labour Coy.
Secondary Regiment: Labour Corps
Secondary Unit Text: transf. to (63813) 109th Coy.
Age: 36
Date of Death: 30/04/1918
Service No: G/16861
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: B. 25.
Cemetery: GONNEHEM BRITISH CEMETERY

For location info - which is VITAL

Births Dec 1882 (>99%)
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Blighton John Robert W. Ham 4a 71

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Marriages Mar 1903 (>99%)
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Blighton John Robert W. Ham 4a 177

1911

Person: BLIGHTON, John
Address: 149 Chrisp St Poplar

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BLIGHTON, John Head Married M 28 1883 Bricklayer Cannontown VIEW
BLIGHTON, Getrude Wife Married F 28 1883 Deptford VIEW
BLIGHTON, John Son M 3 1908 Poplar VIEW
BLIGHTON, William Son M 0 (2 MONTHS) 1911 Poplar VIEW
BLIGHTON, Joseph Relative Single M 22 1889 House Decorator Canningtown VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
1701 Reference:
RG14PN1701 RG78PN59 RD22 SD2 ED24 SN42

Registration District:
Poplar Sub District:
Bromley Enumeration District:
24 Parish:
Poplar Borough

1891

Name: John Blighton
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: abt 1883
Relation: Son
Mother's name: Sarah E Blighton
Gender: Male
Where born: West Ham, Essex, England

Civil Parish: West Ham
Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke
Town: West Ham
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Registration district: West Ham
Sub-registration district: West Ham
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Sarah E Blighton 44
Willm Blighton 22
Alice Blighton 11
John Blighton 8
George Blighton 7
Emma Blighton 4
Joseph Blighton 2
Mary Clark 21

UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919

Name: John Robert Blighton
Birth Place: Canning Town, Middx.
Death Date: 30 Apr 1918
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Bow, Middx.
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Labour Corps
Number: 64813
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
Comments: Formerly 38473, R. Fus.

1901

Name: John Blighton
Age: 18
Estimated birth year: abt 1883
Relation: Stepson
Mother's name: Sarah E Potter
Gender: Male
Where born: West Ham, Essex, England

Civil Parish: West Ham
Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke
County/Island: Essex
Country: England



Registration district: West Ham
Sub-registration district: Canning Town
ED, institution, or vessel: 26
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 273
Household Members: Name Age
George Potter 45
Sarah E Potter 50
Alfred Potter 21
John Potter 19
Sarah Potter 17
Maria Potter 14
Walter Potter 12
Thomas Potter 5
Albert Potter 3
John Blighton 18
George Blighton 17
Joseph Blighton 12
Arthur Horner 42

To find his father's name, look for Sarah in 1881. It is FREE

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To Felicity Bloggs, thank you for letting me know about the replies. I had to leave the other day for one reason or another, so missed them.

A HUGE THANK YOU (AGAIN), to all of you. Without your help the rest of us would be just floundering! You are very much appreciated.


I'm just going to read through them properly as I think there may be some minor 'indiscrepancies', shall we say!

Best of luck everyone.

Hello

Can anyone help please and let me know why the records sometimes don't come up on the searches on this site? It's just a dark grey screen.

Thank you.

PS. Still trying to ascertain which John Blighton is ours!

Can't help with regard to searches on GR........I never use this site for anything other than the message boards.

BUT.....ALL the info posted above refers to ONE person

His widow re-married.........

Marriages Jun 1919 (>99%)
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Blighton Gertrude M V Potter Poplar 1c 993
Potter George H Blighton Poplar 1c 993

1881 for Sarah..........

Name: William Blighton
Age: 46
Estimated birth year: abt 1835
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Sarah Blighton
Gender: Male
Where born: Inworth, Essex, England

Civil Parish: West Ham
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Street address: 39 Francis St
Condition as to marriage: Married
Employment status: View image
Occupation: Carman

Registration district: West Ham
Sub-registration district: West Ham
ED, institution, or vessel: 18a
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
William Blighton 46
Sarah Blighton 34 born Witham
William Blighton 12
Alice Blighton 1

Thank you Flick and everyone else.

Lots of information.

Will at least keep me quiet for a while!

Best regards to all.