Thomas Blincoe  [4537]

1896-1965

Father Nm : John Stephen Blincow [3863] born 22.3.1867 Wallingham Surrey -1915.

Mother Nm: Jessie Gradwell 1870 Manchester. died 1946 Manchester.

Marriage Dt:20 Oct 1919 St Thomas, Crumpsall.

K comments: Son Thomas was KIA 1942 in WW2 with the Royal Navy.

Spouse Comments: Alice M Bates 1897–1978. BIRTH 27 SEP 1897 • Chorlton, Lancashire
DEATH OCT 1978 • Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England

Children: Thomas Blincoe 1920.

(Research): GR[B] Prestwich Sept 1896 GR[D] Manchester March 1965.

Birth

28 June 1896 Crumpsall, Lancashire.

1901 Census Crumpsall

1. Blincow Jessie Wife F 1870 Manchester 31 5 Haels Rd Crumpsall Crumpsall Lancashire
2. Blincow John Head Cotton Piece Worker M 1867 Wellingham 34 5 Haels Rd Crumpsall Crumpsall Lancashire
3. Blincow Stephen Son M 1899 Crumpsall 2 5 Haels Rd Crumpsall Crumpsall Lancashire
4. Blincow Henry Son M 1900 Crumpsall 10M 5 Haels Rd Crumpsall Crumpsall Lancashire
5. Blincow Bessie Dau F 1895 Crumpsall 6 5 Haels Rd Crumpsall Crumpsall Lancashire
6. Blincow Thomas Son M 1897 Crumpsall 4 5 Haels Rd Crumpsall Crumpsall Lancashire

1911 Census 11 Crescent St Lower Crumpsall, Manchester

1. Blincow Jessie 1870 Manchester 41
2. Blincow John Stephen 1867 Wallingham 44 Calenderer At Calico Bleaching And Finishing Works
3. Blincow John Stephen Son M 1899 Manchester 12
4. Blincow Elsie Dau F 1905 Manchester 5
5. Blincow James Henry Son M 1901 Manchester 10
6. Blincow Bessie Grace Dau “Domestic Servant” F 1895 Manchester 16
7. Blincow Thomas 1897 Manchester 14 Tenter In At Calico Dyeing And Finishing Works

 

Lancashire Fusiliers	Labour Corps

WW1

Blincoe Thomas, 1896, Prestwich, Private, 8761, 494704, 1/6^th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers, Labour Corps.

Some army records refer to Thomas Blincow or Blinco. and the permanent change in spelling of the surname maybe after WW1.

1913

• 8^th Jan. Enlisted as a Territorial soldier with the 1/6^th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers Regt. No 8761.

1914

• August 1914: The 1/6^th Bn. in Salford. Part of Lancashire Fusiliers Brigade, East Lancashire Division.

• 25^th Sept. Landed in Egypt. Some action against Turkish forces.

1915

• 1^st-6^th May. The East Lancashire Division began to embark at Alexandria on 1 May 1915. The first transports left the next day, and the last on 6^th May. 14,224 men of the Division landed at Cape Helles.

  

• 5-8th May. Landed on Gallipoli.

  

  The 1/6^th Bn. was part of the 125^th Brigade, 42^nd (East Lancashire) Division. The Division was involved in three notable attempts to break out of the Helles bridgehead to capture the dominating heights around the village of Krithia.

  

  These attacks took place on 6-8^th May (in which only the Lancashire Fusiliers Brigade of the Division took part), 4 June and 6-13 August. The last of these is known officially as the Battle of Krithia Vineyard, which gives some impression of the relatively small areas being so violently contested. It was undertaken not only to try to capture ground but to divert Turk attention from a large British landing further up the coast at Suvla Bay; an enterprise which failed and ultimately led to the decision to evacuate the hopeless position on Gallipoli.  Between 4-7^th June the Battalion lost 35 men killed and 7-14^th August 71 men killed.

Note a Private William Arthur Blincoe (Blinko) from Rochdale who joined the battalion in June 1915 and fought alongside Thomas. Thomas and William were not related closely.

• Mid-August. The East Lancashire Division, through battle casualties and sickness, was down to little more than one-third of its normal establishment. It received reinforcement in the shape of men of the Yeomanry, fighting dismounted.

1916

• 8^th Jan. By this date, Thomas and the 42^nd Division, along with all other units in the Helles bridgehead, made a successful withdrawal from Gallipoli.

• Thomas appears to have been wounded in the latter half of 1915 (maybe in Aug 1915 at Krithia Vineyard), he is reported (with a lag) as injured in Jan 1916.

  

1917

• 27^th Feb. Landed Marseilles and proceeded to the Western Front.

• 23^rd Mar – 22^nd May. Returned to England, being treated in Hospital in Cambridge for Gonorrhoea. Meanwhile, on the Western front, the battalion between 8^th April – 23^rd May 1917: The 42^nd Division relieved the 48^th (South Midland) Division. Held line at Épehy. On his return to France, the battalion had moved to Havrincourt.

• 23^rd May – 8^th Jul. Division relieved 20^th (Light) Division. Held line at Havrincourt, north of Epéhy.

• 8^th Jul. Battalion and Division relieved by 58^th (2/1^st London) Division.

• 9^th Jul.– 22^nd Aug. Ytres sector. Area of 42^nd Division’s operations near Ypres, 23^rd August – 29^th September 1917

• 23^rd August – 1^st Sept.  Joined 5 Corps in Fifth Army. Infantry in Poperinghe area behind Ypres for training.

• 1^st–18^th Sept. Ypres. Division relieved 15^th Division in the line to the right of Potijze Road near Frezenberg Ridge.

• 6^th Sept.Third Battle of Ypres.Zonnebeke east of Ypres. The Lancashire Fusiliers Brigade carried out an unsuccessful attack on 6^th September, against strongly held German pillboxes at Iberian, Borry and Beck House Farms. The small amount of ground they captured was in fact given up the next day. ¹ The CWGC database records the Battalion lost 122 men killed on the 6^th and then several men over the next few days in September.

• 26^th Sep. – Nov. Division relieved 66^th (2^nd East Lancashire) Division. Held line at Nieuport

• 9^th Nov. – 15^th Feb. 1918: Division relieved 25^th Division. Held line at Givenchy on La Bassée sector. Constructed fortifications according to the new British defensive doctrine of “defended localities” in anticipation of a major German attack.

1918

• Feb. The 1/6^th Lancashire Fusiliers leave the 42^nd Division

• 2^nd Feb – 6^th Apr. In Barracks Hospital Cardiff (so must have been shipped home prior). A serious problem with Oedema a left swollen leg and spent 44 days in Hospital

• Possibly after this Hospital stay Thomas was transferred to the Labour Corps 470 Agricultural Company.

1919

• 28^th Feb. Discharge unfit to serve from Labour Corps.

Sources

1. The Long, Long Trail, The British Army of 1914-1918.

2. 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division.

Medals

Awarded British Medal, 1914-15 Star, Victory Medal plus the Silver War Badge.

Thomas wais entitled to wear one wound stripe on the left arm of his dress uniform.

After the War

1920 Son Thomas was born.

1939 Census

101 Waterloo St Manchester

Thomas Blincoe Heavy Stoker
Alice Blincoe

Thomas hidden underage

Death 1965 age 69 years.

Gallery

 

There are 10 records in the National Archives for this man. For copyright reasons, they cannot be re-published.