Father Nm: Dennis Charles Blincoe [3052] 1850-1912: Oldest known Ancestor – Thomas Blinko M 1767
Mother Nm: Caroline Aves [5917] 1850-1901
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Brother Charles William was killed Apr 1918 with Suffolk Regt. awarded the DCM. Brother Frederick served with East Kents before being honourably discharged.
Nephews Victor George served with the Suffolks from 1912-1922 and Brother Tom (Thomas W.E.) served with the KRRC and was wounded in 1918. Note: there is a suspicion that Charles father Dennis Charles Blincoe 1850 served in 1878-1882 Afghan war
Blencoe Arthur Son Ag Labourer 1875 Swaffam Bulbeck 26
Blencoe Fred Son Ag Labourer 1883 Swaffam Bulbeck 18
Blencoe Charles Son 1888 Swaffam Bulbeck 13
Blencoe Denis Head Ag Labourer 1851 Swaffam Bulbeck 50
1911 Census Little Marlow Bucks
Blinco Arthur Boarder Farm Labourer M 1879 Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire 32
The Queens Royal West Surrey Regimant
Royal Fusiliers
WW1
Blinco Arthur, 1880, Newmarket, Private, 7821 242871, GS/68011, 2/5th The Queen’s Regiment (West Surrey), 7th Bn. Royal Fusiliers.
1916
Feb. Enlisted as number 7821 (#7824 enlisted 22 Feb 1916) Arthur was in the 2/5th West Surrey Battalion. In 1917 all remaining men in this battalion which was UK-based were dispersed to other serving units.
1917
15th Sept. Arthur landed France with the Royal West Surreys.
24th Sept. Arthur was transferred to the 7th Bn. Royal Fusiliers, part of the 190th Brigade, 63rd (Royal Navy) Division.
The 63rd Division arrived at Ypres in 1917 just before the Second Battle of Passchendaele.
26th Oct.-10th Nov. The Second Battle of Passchendaele, The 2nd/3rd Londons were decimated in this attack having only 2 Officers and 17 men return to the camp after this day
30th Oct. Arthur was killed in action this day.
Position of the 7th Bn. before moving in to attack at Passchendaele on the 30th October 1917. A larger image can be seen by clicking on the map.
Another attack was delivered on October 30th, and the 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, who took part in it, suffered from the conditions that had so gravely affected the second line Londons. They too were fighting in the trough of mud and water while other battalions advanced along the main ridge, where it was at least possible to move. The 7th Bn. moved up to their position below the Lekkerboterbeek, about 1,000 yards west of the Paddebeek, on the afternoon of the 28th, and on the following morning a practice barrage was put down about 200 yards beyond the line of the advanced posts. The German counter-barrage came down on the support and reserve companies, but it was fortunately not very heavy. A strong position on the left of the front gave considerable trouble and was reported to the brigade. It was then arranged that this point should be attacked by C Company, under Second Lieutenant Snelling. The barrage came down at 5.50 am on the 30th and the advance began. The men soon lost touch with headquarters, and this proved a serious handicap. Five runners were sent up, but only one returned. Later, by interrogating the wounded it was found that the right of the line had got as far as the Paddebeek, though the left was still held up by the strong point which had been marked down before the beginning of the attack. The resistance of this single focus conditioned the battle on the 63rd Division’s front. At 12.55 P m – Second Lieutenant Wells, who arrived at headquarters wounded, reported that heavy machine-gun and rifle fire was coming from this quarter. Men of all companies were lying out in front of it and there had been heavy loss already in the fruitless attempt to capture it.”1
The Casualties for the 30th October were 81 men killed.2
The battle in and around the Belgian town of Passchendaele was the culminating attack during the Third Battle of Ypres of the First World War. The battle took place in the Ypres Salient area of the Western Front.
In his will Arthur left monies for his two surviving brothers and three sisters as well as his mother. see Soldiers Effects record.
Tyne Cot Memorial
Tyne Cot photo was taken in 2015 bt Paul Grove @ Facebook .Arthur’s memorial panel from Find a Grave website
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel Reference Panel 28 to 30 and 162 to 162A and 163A.
Arthur is also remembered at the Little Marlow, War Memorial, St John the Baptist Church.
GALLERY
There are image records that are not shown for this man because of copyright protection.
Unknown Soldier in Queen’s West Surrey Uniform
Unknown Soldiers of the Royal Fusiliers
The 2nd battle of Paschendaele on a greater map of the Western Front The red line representing 1915-16 territories of the Allies and the Germans
A Detailed Ordinance Map used by the Army shows the relative position of Arthur and the 7th Fusiliers on 30th October. . From an account for the Day- The Royal Fusiliers in the great war. Published 1922 by W. Heinemann in London . .Another attack was delivered on October 30th, and the 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, who took part in it, suffered from the conditions that had so gravely affected the second line Londons. They too, were fighting in the trough of mud and water while other battalions advanced along the main ridge, where it was at least possible to move. The 7th Battalion moved up to their position below the Lekkerboterbeek, about 1,000 yards west of the Paddebeek, on the afternoon of the 28th, and on the following morning a practice barrage was put down about 200 yards beyond the line of the advanced posts. The German counter-barrage came down on the support and reserve companies, but it was fortunately not very heavy. A strong position on the left of the front gave considerable trouble and was reported to the brigade. It was then arranged that this point should be attacked by C Company, under Second Lieutenant Snelling. The barrage came down at 5.50 a.m. on the 30th and the advance began. The men soon lost touch with headquarters, and this proved a serious handicap. Five runners were sent up, but only one returned. Later, by interrogating the wounded it was found that the right of the line had got as far as the Paddebeek, though the left was still held up by the strong point which had been marked down before the beginning of the attack. The resistance of this single focus conditioned the battle on the 63rd Division’s front. At 12.55 P m – Second Lieutenant Wells, who arrived at headquarters wounded, reported that heavy machine-gun and rifle fire was coming from this quarter. Men of all companies were lying out in front of it and there had been heavy loss already in the fruitless attempt to capture it.
Page 201 of the The Royal Fusiliers in the great war Published 1922 by W. Heinemann in London . Available online at http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7127777M/The_Royal_fusiliers_in_the_great_war
Map showing the progress of the British line in 1917
The utter devastation , mud and general desolation of the Passchedaele landscape in 1917.
Soldiers crossing what was probably a crater ridden landscape filled with the incessant rain of October 1917 in Passchendaele
Unknown Soldier in the Uniform of the Royal Fusiliers
Stretcher bearers at the 2nd battle of Paschendaele
26th Oct.-30th Nov. 1917 The Second Battle of Passchendaele, The 2nd/3rd Londons were decimated in this attack having only 2 Officers and 17 men return to the camp after this day 30th Oct. Arthur was killed in action this day. Position of the 7th Bn. at Passcendaele on the 30th October 1917 Another attack was delivered on October 30th, and the 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, who took part in it, suffered from the conditions that had so gravely affected the second line Londons. They too, were fighting in the trough of mud and water while other battalions advanced along the main ridge, where it was at least possible to move. The 7th Bn. moved up to their position below the Lekkerboterbeek, about 1,000 yards west of the Paddebeek, on the afternoon of the 28th, and on the following morning a practice barrage was put down about 200 yards beyond the line of the advanced posts. The German counter-barrage came down on the support and reserve companies, but it was fortunately not very heavy. A strong position on the left of the front gave considerable trouble and was reported to the brigade. It was then arranged that this point should be attacked by C Company, under Second Lieutenant Snelling. The barrage came down at 5.50 am on the 30th and the advance began. The men soon lost touch with headquarters, and this proved a serious handicap. Five runners were sent up, but only one returned. Later, by interrogating the wounded it was found that the right of the line had got as far as the Paddebeek, though the left was still held up by the strong point which had been marked down before the beginning of the attack. The resistance of this single focus conditioned the battle on the 63rd Division’s front. At 12.55 P m – Second Lieutenant Wells, who arrived at headquarters wounded, reported that heavy machine-gun and rifle fire was coming from this quarter. Men of all companies were lying out in front of it and there had been heavy loss already in the fruitless attempt to capture it.”1 The Casualties for the 30th October were 81 men killed.2
Arthur remembered at TYNE COT MEMORIAL West-Vlaanderen Belgium Panel Reference Panel 28 to 30 and 162 to 162A and 163A.
