Arthur John Walcot Blencowe, MC [4085]

1880-1948

Father Nm: Rev Charles Edward Blencowe 1847-1929; Oldest known ancestor – Rev Samuel Jackson Blencowe 1709 Marston St Lawrence.

Mother Nm: Katherine Elizabeth Walcot born 1848 Kempsey, Worcestershire, died 1926 Marston St Lawrence.

Marriage Dt:

K comments: Brothers Oswald Charles and Lawrence Cave were KIA and brother William James was wounded (gassed) in action. Sister Marjorie Edith S. was a Red Cross Nurse during the war.

Spouse comments:

(Research): GR[B] Brackley March 1881 JD Gravestone.1881 Census, GR[D] Brackley vol 3b p 541 March 1949.

Birth

6 December 1880 Marston St Lawrence

1896- 1899

Attended Radley College, Oxford University. While at Radley recorded in the Cricket X1

1899

Attended Wadham College, Oxford University,

1901 Census Marston St Lawrence

1. Blencowe Cecilia Dau 23
2. Blencowe Katherine C Wife 52
3. Blencowe Margery Dau 17
4. Blencowe Charles E Head Clergyman 53
5. Blencowe Oswald C Son 11
6. Blencowe Arthur J W Son 20

1902 Graduated University

1908 Harts Army List

Records Arthur that from 29^th Jan 1902 was a 2^nd Lieut. And that he was promoted to Lieut. on 10^th May 1905.

1902-06

• 29 January – 16 October Malta
• 19 October Gibraltar until 1905
• 22 Feb 1905-29 Apr 1906 Malta
• 30 Apr 1906-13 Dec 1906 Egypt

Malta

While in Malta. Arthur is thought to have taken a series of photographs at a ‘Minden Day’ celebration the photographs are also believed to be on the Pembroke Parade Ground at St Andrew’s Barracks.

1907 – India: Chakratta.

1911 – Mooltan (MULTAN).

Note the 1911 Blencowe Arthur John Walcot Single Lieutenant Army 30 Absent “Dalhousie” Overseas India Lancashire Fusiliers and this is evidenced by this group photograph taken at Mooltan

Arthur (three from left back row) is denoted as a Lieutenant.

 

 

Aden 1912

1^st Bn. C Company Lancashire Fusiliers.

Indian Army Quarterly List for 1 January 1912.

General Text: Surname: Blencowe Given Name: A.J. FIRST COMM: 29 Jan. 1902, DATE RANK: 20 May 1905, RANK: Lieutenant, COMPANY: The Lancashire Fusiliers, REMARKS: Page #: 217-218.

Note: It is for certain that Arthur was with the 1^st Bn. up to the Indian tour of duty.

1913

• 9^th Aug. Arthur joins the 2^nd Battalion. ³

WW1

Blencowe Arthur John Walcot, 1880, Captain, Major, Lieut. Colonel, 2^nd and 1^st Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers.

Synopsis

A sterling war record Arthur was to lead a Battalion three times in the war as an Acting Major and on one occasion acting Lieut. Colonel. Arthur served for over 20 years from 1902-at least 1921. Reduced in rank after WW1 he never the less was retired by the Army on his highest achieved rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. While with the Lancashire Fusiliers for his entire career, his time with 1st and 2nd Battalions in WW1 was split thus

• 9^th Jul-3^rd Oct 1915: 2^ndBattalion Lancashire Fusiliers.
• 26^th Jul – 12^th Aug 1916: 2^nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.
• 11^th May-10^th Sept. 1917: 1^st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.

1914

• Aug. Stationed at Dover. The 2^nd Bn. part of 12^th Brigade, 4^th Division.
• 20^th Aug. Landed at Boulogne. Strength of the Bn. 1002 men.
• 24^th Aug. Proceed by train to Bartry and then marched to Ligny.
• 25^th/26^th Aug. The Battle of Le Cateau.The 2^nd Bn. came into this battle from the rear as the 4^th Army gave support to the BEF that was retreating from Mons. The 2^nd Bn. was relatively fresh but short of equipment and units like Heavy batteries, Signalling and RAMC ambulances.
  • 25^th Aug. Marched to Viesly.
  • 9:30 pm returned back to a point slightly NW of Ligny. At 3.45 am reached high ground near Longstart farm. It was pitch black and so it was dawn before the trenches could be set out and dug. Within 2hrs shallow trenches had been dug when enemy shell fire and machine-gun fire came upon the Bn. From War diary of Private Emmanuel Diggle 2^nd Bn. “C.C is giving orders for 2 platoons of “C” Coy to entrench till it becomes daylight. Staff Officer arrives and orders us to clear some small hayricks in our front so as to have a clear field of fire. At the same time, telling us we would be lucky to have a man alive in another 2 hours, as we were 7 miles from the position we should have occupied.” The shallow rifle pits were an obvious disadvantage but for 3 hours the unequal contest continued.
  • Heavily outnumbered and outgunned the Bn. fought to defend its position but it wasn’t long before a retreat was a possibility.
  • Unknown to us the enemy are at the other end of the field, we have no equipment or rifles at the time as we left them where we started digging a small headcover.
  • By the afternoon the order to retreat through Selvigny and Cambrai was given. What followed was several days of marching backcrossing the Marne river.
  • Casualties were heavy 2 Officers killed 3 wounded and 10 wounded and missing. At a roll call that day 402 men failed to show up. (Sept 9^th 143 of these men rejoined the battalion resulting in casualties for the first day of 259 ORs killed, wounded, or missing.
  • After the battle, it seems Arthur was to take charge of “C” Coy as a Lieutenant.
• 27^th Aug. Retreat in progress marched to Roisel. “27th August that part of the 2nd Battalion which had been collected at Selvigny marched off from Vendhuille through Lempire to Ronssoy, just south of which it entrenched itself in a temporary rear-guard position on the east of the road down which the 4th Division was retiring. “B” Company (Lieutenant A. ]. W. Blencowe), as escort to a battery of artillery, dug itself in under cover of a mist. At 5 a.m. the mist lifted and disclosed a German battery only six hundred yards away. After a spirited duel between the guns, helped by rapid rifle fire from “B”Company, the Germans withdrew and the British guns were got away by horses borrowed from a cavalry regiment, being first manhandled for some distance by men of the company”⁵
• 28^th Aug. Night marched to Voyennes.
• 2^nd-8^th Sept. The retreat to the Marne on the 2^nd at Dammartin, 4^th Serres, 5^th Ferriers, 6^th Brie, 7^th Villers marched via Sancy to La Haute Maison were shelled by the enemy (no casualties) and 8^th La Haute Maison proceeded via Pierre Levee through Vouare.
• 9^th Sept. The Battle of the Marne. Small village SE of La Ferte seized high ground at Tartare and 7 am in conjunction with 10^th Bde proceeded to cross the Marne towards Paris. Occupied high ground N of Chamigny.
• 10^th -12^th Sept. 10^th Sept. Covered the crossing of 4^th Div over the Marne. In pm proceeded to Vaux. 11^th marched to Chouy, on the 12^th marched to Septmont.
• 13^{th –}15^th Sept. The Battle of the Aisne.

  

  • 13^th Sept. Crossed the river Aisne under fire. Early in the morning of the 13^th Sept 1914. The Bde left Septmont to clear the enemy from the adjacent heights and try to affect the crossing of the River Aisne. The Brigade reached the village of Venizel on the banks of the river without opposition and then halted for information from the 10^th Bde who were advanced guards (A.G). While halted the enemy began to search the village with their big guns, one shell landing in the midst of a company of the King’s Own about 20yds from ourselves the other side of the road causing about 6 casualties. Other shells started to get unpleasantly close so the Bn. and the Essex were at once moved forward. The Bridge had been partially destroyed and had to be crossed in single file the Lancs. Fus. forming a succession of skirmishing lines on the left and right of the road to Bucy-le-Long the Essex Regt on our right. The lines moved forward across the plain under a heavy cross shell fire from the direction of Soission and Fort Conde and the height above Chivres village. These shells burst too high or scattered too much and our casualties were only 1 killed, 2 wounded. After halting at Bucy-le-Long and re-forming the Bn. we were ordered to form A.G. to the Bde as far St Marguerite where further orders would be issued. Reaching there without incident we were ordered to attack the enemy who had been located at Chivres and on the high ground NW of that village. In the afternoon proceeded to St Marguerite and proceeded to attack Chivres, met with heavy fire front and flank; held on till pm and pushed forward through the wood. Held till dark this line until relieved by Manchesters. Killed 1 Officer and 6 ORs, Wounded 4 Officers and 46 ORs.
  • 14^th Sept. Battle continued around St Marguerite the Bn. were in Reserve employed digging trenches.
  • 15^th Sept. Battle continued 2 wounded died during the night. “C ” Coy led by Arthur moved into lines held by the Essex Regt and dug in. No casualties.
• 18^th Sept.-1^st Oct. St Marguerite trenches facing the enemy
• 2^nd -7^th Oct. Marched to Missy sur Aisne to relieve R W Kents. There.
• 7^th Oct. Relieved by French troops and marched to Sermoise to take over from Durham LI.
• 8^th -16^th Oct. Moved to Armentieres. On the 8^th Relieved by French troops and marched to Chacrise on 9^th/10^th Oct. Chacrise billets. 11^th Oct. Left Chacrise by lorries for Le Meux, entrained 12^th for Hazebrouck.14^th Oct. Marched from Meteren to Bailleul, 15^th marched to Le Leuthe and 16^th marched to Ploegsteert.
• 22^nd Oct -2^nd Nov. The Battle of Messines
  • 22^nd Oct. In trenches, Le Touquet 6 men were wounded by snipers.
  • 24^th. Oct. In trenches S of Armentieres, the enemy attacked Wei Macguart village on Bn. left but repulsed without loss.
  • 28^th Oct. In trenches S of Armentieres. The enemy made two attacks at night both repulsed and they suffered heavy losses (est.200 killed) Bn. losses 4 OR’s killed 1 Officer and 7 OR’s wounded.
  • 1^st Nov. Two Coys push forward at Messines Road to support Somerset LI.
  • 2^nd Nov. One Coy into fire trenches at St Yves to support Somersets Casualties Killed 1 Officer and 4 ORs Wounded 19 ORs.
  • 3^rd Nov. Bn. in trenches at St Yves. Casualties mostly from shell fire killed 2 ORs and wounded 14 ORs.
  • 4^th Nov. Bn. in trenches at St Yves. Casualties killed 1 OR’s and wounded 6 OR’s.
  • 5^th Nov. Bn. in trenches at St Yves. Casualties killed 4 ORs and wounded 1 OR’s.
  • 6^th Nov. Relieved by Somersets.
  • 8^th Nov. Bn. in trenches at St Yves. Casualties killed 1 OR’s and wounded 6 OR’s.
• 9^th/10^th Nov. Ploegsteert Wood. Germans broke through trenches held by Worcesters the men in the trenches having been killed by shell fire. Preparations made for a night attack. Argyll and Sutherlands to make an attack. Lancs fusiliers in support. attack partially successful, trenches when occupied were enfiladed had to be abandoned again. other trenches were occupied to watch Germans and prevent any further progress into the Wood.
• 11^th -20^th Nov. Ploegsteert Wood. 2^nd Lancs Fus. took over these trenches from Argyll’s and occupied till 20^th Nov.

• 2^nd Dec. Wounded. The Times announcement Arthur is wounded in British Expeditionary Force action. Examining the Bn.war diary for the period it doesn’t mention Arthur specifically but it seems likely the wound was gained at Ploegsteert Wood.

  

• Dec. The Battalion took part in the Christmas Truce of 1914. Arthur was first probably on sick leave and may have stayed in England for Christmas. War diary doesn’t mention his leaving, return to the battalion.

1915

• 1^st Jan-28^th Apr. Le Toquet. In the trenches and in Billets le Bizet.
  • Arthur mentioned in war diary 30^th Mar. The rank of Captain “B” Coy
  • Casualties almost on a daily basis when in the front line.
• 1st Jan. Arthur Mentioned in Despatches. January 1st despatch by Sir John French (reported in The Liverpool Echo, The Observer and Guardian Feb 18th, 1915.Temporary Captain. His Obituary (see below Banbury Guardian article) says he was involved in a German Gas attack and that he lead his men to safety at a time when no gas masks were available.
• 29-30^th Apr. Moved about 20 km north via Bailleul to Vlamertinghe onto Wieltje.
• 30^th Apr -3^rd May. Gas Attack Wieltje (Ypres.)
  • 1^st May. The first day in trenches shelled 3 ORs killed and 28 wounded.
  • 2^nd May. St Julien Gas attack. Wounded. Shelled with gas, then followed by HE artillery, Machine gun, and rifle fire. 9 ORs killed. “As soon as the situation of “B” Company allowed, Captain Blencowe sent Second-Lieutenant V. F. S. Hawkins over to investigate. He found men of the 7th Argyll and Sutherland High–landers (T.F.), but of “A,” “C” and “D” Companies no signs beyond one man on the parapet, completely out of his mind, and three signallers in the headquarter dug-out badly gassed. Shells had been seen falling in this area and some men retiring were observed to be wiped out by “Jack Johnsons.”It was only too clear that the greater part of the battalion was out of action.“⁵
    • Casualties Captain Blencowe, Lieut. Harkley and 38 OR’s wounded. 18 Officers and 431 OR’s admitted to the hospital with the effects of the gas. Most likely Arthur was taken to No 5 CCS which had a few days earlier been ordered back to Hazebrouck from Poperinge. Several Ambulance trains were used to take the wounded mainly to Boulogne some to St Omer. The next day the Bn. withdrawn to Vlamertinghe.

• 4^th -7^th May Vlamertinghe
• 8 – 13^th May. Poperinghe.
• May-Jun. Arthur may have been hospitalised after this fighting but no mention in war diaries of him returning to the battalion.
• There is ample evidence that Arthur was at home in Marston St Lawrence during the summer of 1915 but back to the front by the beginning of July. The group photo above is taken at this time.
• 22^th Jun. Mentioned in Despatches. Awarded the Military Cross (Birmingham Post and Dover Express) no citation but likely an aggregation of sterling and brave service.

  

• 23^rd Jun. Awarded Clasp to Military Cross.
• 6-7 Jul. Attack at Pilckem. The 2nd LF was attached to the 11th Brigade for the attack on International Trench.” the 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers, supported by two companies and two machineguns of the 1st Royal Warwickshire Regiment. The relief was carried out amid confusion, though fortunately, the enemy refrained from shelling, and by 3 a.m. on 7th July the line had been taken over with “A” Company (Lieutenant W. Appleby) on the right,” D” Company (Captain ]. Smythe) in the centre, “B” Company(Captain A. J . W. Blencowe) on the left, and “C” Company (CaptainW. P. Salt) in support about fifty yards behind the original British front-line trenches.”⁵
• 1st August. The Lancashire Fusiliers celebrate Minden Day a day to celebrate the Battle of Minden on 1 August 1759, when, as an infantry formation (20th of Foot), they stood fast and broke a French cavalry charge. This photograph from the Photo Album of Grand Nephew Peter Blencowe shows this day, Arthur and 2nd Bn colleagues enjoying a relaxing time.

  

• 2^nd Aug -30^th Oct. Trenches Auchonvillers and Reserve at Forceville.

  

• 27^th Aug. London Gazette 27 August 1915: Issue number:29279 Page number:8624; Lancashire Fusiliers. Captain A. J. W. Blencowe…To Temp Major
• Oct. The Battalion sustained the following casualties 2 Officers wounded 2 ORs killed 11 ORs wounded 1 OR wounded and believed POW.

1916

• 1^st Jan. Mentioned in Despatches.
• 8^th -28^th Feb. Trenches Serre and Reserve Colincamps.
• 19^th Mar. – 30^th Apr. Trenches Ransart and Reserve Bailleulmont.
• 1^st Jul. The Battle of Albert. Arthur was a temporary Major in this battle and at some stage commanded the A, B, and D Coys.
  • As part of VIII Corps, 4^th Division, 12^th Brigade the 2^nd Bn. was to be the second wave of attack opposite Beaumont Hamel. Led by the 11^th Brigade the attack came under very heavy bombardment and M.G. Fire. The plan for the 12^th Bde. to pass through the 11^th Bde to attack the German third line never materialised. Instead, by 6 pm in the evening, the remainder of men except 1 officer & 25 withdrew from the Sunken road(in no-man’s land), & at night all available stretcher-bearers & men searched the field for wounded. Casualties very heavy 16 Officers and 325 men.² War diary entries
  • 2^nd Jul. In the early hours of 2^nd July, the battalion was reinforced by the arrival of Major AJW Blencowe, seven other officers, and 60 ORs, the ten percent reserve.⁵
    Jul. Involved in action during the taking of German trenches at Pilckem near Ypres. Extract from ‘de Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour 1914-18’, Part One, page 34:regarding the death of Leslie Charles Billington. “……The Germans had occupied it, so your son was ordered by Capt. Blencowe, who was in command (the Col. and several of our senior officers having got wounded), to retake the trench…….
• 8^th Jul. London Gazette Confirmation of Major for Arthur. Two photos below suggest Arthur was given leave to go home in July 1916.

  

  

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• 4^th – 8^th Aug. Trenches Pilckem Reserve Chateau de Trois Tours, Brielen and Canal Bank
• 1^st – 18^th Oct. The Battle of Le Transloy. In front of Gommecourt. Le Transloy Ridge Lancashire Fusiliers History
  • 1^st-7^thOct. Bn. Billets Corbie
  • 8^th Oct Marched 17kms to Citadel camp. (nr Bray Sur Somme)
  • 9^th. Oct Marched from Citadel to Trones Wood took over Spectrum and Donald trenches. Casualties in taking over trenches Wounded 1 Officer 6 OR’s
  • 10^th Oct. In the trenches, enemy shelling was heavy. Casualties Killed 12 OR’s Wounded 1 Officer 12 OR’s missing 3 OR’s
  • 11^th Oct. In trenches enemy shelling heavily again Bn. HQ takes 6 direct hits. Casualties Killed 4 OR’s Wounded 19 OR’s. It was thus a weary unit that faced the heavy shelling of the 10^th and 11^th October. “On the 11^th the second in command, Major A J W Blencowe assembled the four company commanders …. and explained to them the outline plan of forthcoming operations” .⁵
  • 12^th Oct. In conjunction with aerial attack Bn. ordered at 2.25 pm to attack. The attack failed with heavy casualties
    Casualties Killed 4 Officers 62 OR’s Wounded 6 Officer 162 OR’s missing 1 Officer 100 OR’s
  • 13^th Oct. In original trenches shelled heavily 1 Coy went to support Donald trench. 10% of reinforcements joined the Bn. Relieved by 2^nd Essex Regt.
  • 23^rd Oct. Le Transloy. In Thistle Trench assembled for attack the objective part of Dewdrop Trench to SE of the Sunken Rd which joined Lesboeufs with Le Transloy. The Bn. had been decimated by now just 5 Officers and 250 ORs. The attack was postponed until 2:30 pm because of the weather. As the men went over the top German machine guns mowed them down and very few yds were gained. The net result of the day’s operations was 150 yds at the cost of 3 Officers and 205 OR’s killed, wounded or missing. The total casualties between 10^th -25^th Oct. were relieved to Montabaun, had been 16 officers and 542 OR’s. Arthur was one of only 6 Officers left on the 24^th.
• 4^th Nov. 1915 The 12^th Brigade was transferred to 36^th Division until 3^rd Feb.1917.
• 7^th Dec.The Bn. in close support of trenches in the vicinity of Sailly.

  

• 11^th Dec. Arthur Wounded or Sick. The Bn. this day were in the relief of the 1st KORLR in the trenches. Arthur could have been wounded or just sick from the very stressful recent time in battle.

1917

• 4^th Jan. Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette. A general recognition of Arthur’s bravery and service from General Douglas Haig. Arthur’s rank was given as Temporary Major.
• 9^th-14^th Apr. First Battle of the Scarpe. Including the capture of Monchy le Preux and the Wancourt Ridge^.1
• 3^rd-4^th May. The Third Battle of the Scarpe.
• 11^th May. Appointed to take command of the 1^st Bn. Lancs Fusiliers.
• 20^th May. London Gazette. Issue number: 30193 Page number: 7410. Maj. A. J. W. Blencowe, M.C., to be acting Lt.-Col. whilst commanding a Bn.
• 22^nd May.2^nd Bn. at Arras.
• 23^rd -30^th May. In command of 1^st Bn. in trenches at Monchy le Preux.
• 30^th May. Until the 30^th the 1st Bn. spent a reasonably quiet 10 days in the trenches at Monchy. On 30^th the 1st Bn. with Arthur in charge took part in an attack on Infantry Hill in conjunction with 16^th Middlesex and the 8^th East Lancashires. In the end, the attack had to be abandoned the 1st Bn. suffered these casualties, 1 Officer missing 5 wounded, 6 OR’s killed, 43 wounded and 22 missing.
• 9^th Sept. London Gazette The Lancashire Fusiliers. Maj. A. J. W. Blencowe, M.C., relinquished the acting rank of Lt.-Col. In fact, in August Arthur was not leading the Bn. and we can only speculate as to his whereabouts. On this date, Arthur may have returned to the 2^nd Bn. but it wasn’t in a line or command role based on accounts of the next battles in the War diary.
• 4^th- 10^th Oct. The Battle of Broodseinde.
• 11^th Oct. The Battle of Poelcapelle.
• 12^th Oct. The First Battle of Passchendaele.

1918

• 28^th Mar. The First Battle of Arras.
• 12-15^th Apr. The Battle of Hazebrouck.
• 18^th Apr. The Battle of Bethune.
• 26^th Aug. The Advance in Flanders. The Battle of the Scarpe.
• 2^nd -3^rd Sept. The Battle of Drocourt-Queant.
• 27^th -1^st Oct.The Battle of the Canal du Nord.
• 17^th -26^th Oct. The Battle of the Selle.
• 1^st Nov. The Battle of Valenciennes.
• 11^th Nov. Ended the war in France at Artres South of Valenciennes.

Sources

1. War Diary of the 2^nd Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers 1914.
2. Slaughter on the Somme by John Grehan, Martin Mace.
3. Miden Magazine (2^nd Bn. newsletter France).
4. War Diary of Pvt. Emmanuel Diggle.
5. The history of the Lancashire Fusiliers 1914-1918. Arthur is mentioned on pages 16, 24, 41, 107, 148, 166, 170 and 205
6. Blencowe Family Photo Album kindly supplied by Peter Blencowe
7. Marston St Lawrence Photograph Album

Medals

Awarded the Military Cross and Clasp, Victory with Oak Leaf (4 * Mentioned in Despatches) , the 1914 ‘Mons” Star with Clasp and Rosette, and the British Medal.

Arthur was entitled to wear two wound stripes on his dress uniform.

After the War

1918-1921

Arthur continues in service for a period but without his records, we can only speculate which Battalion and where. He is however at Marston House in 1921 Census.

1921 Census

Marston House, Marston St Lawrence

1. Blencowe Rev Charles Edward M 73 Vicar of Parish and Landowner
2. Blencowe Katherine Elizabeth F 73 Home Duties
3. Blencowe Arthur John Walcot M 40 Retired Liet. Col. Farming
4. Blencowe William james M 35 Farming
5. Blencowe Cecilia Mary F 43 House duties
6. Blencowe Marjorie Edith Stafford F 36 Poultry Farming

Arthur J W retired from the Army in about 1921 and would at that time been retired as a Lieut Colonel and on Reserve as was the custom for those reduced in ranks after the war.

1926

• 8 July. Death of Mother Katharine.

1928

• The Marston House is to be let and the family have decided to move to Hampshire. Father Charles Edward goes Resthaven Barton on Sea and the four siblings move nearby to Forest Gate, Barrs Wood Road (New Milton) Lymington.

1935

Arthur reaches age 55 where he is discharged as a Reserve Officer Lancashire Fusiliers source London Gazette.

1939 Census

1939 shows the four siblings still living at Forest Gate Barrs Wood Road, Lymington Hampshire.

First name(s)	Last name(s)	Birth date	Sex	Occupation	Marital status
Cecilia	Blencowe	13 Dec 1877	Female	Private Means	Single	WVS Civil Defence
Arthur	Blencowe	06 Dec 1880	Male	Retired Lieut Colonel	Single
Marjorie (E S)	Blencowe	26 Mar 1884	Female	Private Means	Single	WVS Civil Defence
William	Blencowe	30 Jan 1885	Male	Land Agent & Farmer Retired

1940-41

The family it seems return to Marston a Newspaper article of 1922 establishes Willie in Marston. This photo from the 1940s shows Arthur in his role as Marston Church Warden.

 

Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), Probate Date: 23 Dec 1952.

Death Date: 9 Jan 1948, Death Place: Northamptonshire, England, Registry: London, England

Blencowe Arthur John Walcot of Church Cottage Marston St Lawrence Northants died 9 Jan 1948.

Death year	1948
District	OXFORD
County	Oxfordshire
Volume	6B
Page	842

Administration; to Cecilia Mary Blencowe and Marjorie Edith Stafford Blencowe spinsters Effects 236 pounds 5s 6d.

Photographs and Statement

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Note: In the case of non-commercial purposes the license is likely to be granted. The dates and places of the specific Blencowe photographs are a work in progress and any dates places named are mostly best guesses that may be updated over time.

Gallery

Note: there are 5 service records for this man that exist that are not shown in this gallery for copyright reasons.