William Charles Blincoe [4056]

1879-1974

Father: Richard Blencowe [3060] born 1850 Bladon died prob. 1904 Worcester

Mother: Maria Jordan [4905] born 1851 died 1884 Chipping Norton

Marriage: December Quarter 1906 Portsmouth

K comments:

 WW1:

• Brother Charles William served in the West Somerset Yeomanry that became the 12th Somerset Light Infantry.
• Nephews Leonard William Blincow, Herbert Ernest Blincoe, and  Frederick Reginald Blincoe also served in WW1.

WW2:

• Son Edward William served with the Royal Navy from 1927 01946 and in WW2 and was awarded The Distinguished Service Medal. as well as the Long Service and Good Conduct medal

Spouse Comments: Elizabeth Alice Welch born 25.8.1881 -died in 1957 Portsmouth Hospital

Children: Elsie Elizabeth 1908, Edward William 1911, Dorothy M 1913, Irene M 1919, Phyllis V 1921, Betty B 1927.

(Research): GR[B] 29.4.1879 Chipping Norton 1881 Census.

Born

29 APR 1879 • Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England

1901 Census Ireland Island, Bermuda A Stoker on HMS Tribune

1. William C Blincoe Members of Crew (Crew) 20 abt 1881 Male Moreton in The Marsh Gloucestershire England

1911 Census 11 Wycombe Rd Landport, Portsmouth

1. Blincoe Edward William Son M 1911 Portsmouth 1 Month Portsmouth Hampshire
2. Blincoe Elizabeth Alice Wife F 1882 Portsmouth 29 Portsmouth Hampshire
3. Blincoe Elsie Elizabeth Dau F 1909 Portsmouth 2 Portsmouth Hampshire
4. Blincoe William Charles Head Man Of The Navy M 1876 Norton 35 Portsmouth Hampshire

Online War Photo Album	Royal Navy

1899-1914 Royal Navy

Naval Service Record 1899-1914

Rank Stoker 1899-1907

Leading Stoker 1907-1909

Petty Officer 1909-1914

10 Oct 1899- 4 May 1900 Duke of Wellington shore base

Significant service spells are

HMS Calliope 12 May 1900 – 23 Oct 1900

HMS Tribune 22 Nov 1900 – 18 Jul 1904

William served on this ship when it was in the Americas and West Indies including action in the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–1903 which was a naval blockade from December 1902 to February 1903 imposed against Venezuela by Britain, Germany and Italy over President Cipriano Castro’s refusal to pay foreign debts and damages suffered by European citizens in the recent Venezuelan civil war.

HMS Hannibal 17 Jan 1903 – 27 Feb 1905

HMS Hindustan 22 Aug 1905 – 19 Aug 07

HMS Excellent 19 Feb 1908 – 31 Mar 1909

HMS Cochrane 1 Apr 1909 – 29 Oct 1909

HMS Mercury 30 Oct 1909 – 4 Oct 1910

WW1

Blincoe William Charles, 1879, Chipping Norton, Petty Officer, 1st Class.Stoker Submarine Depot Base, 293574, Royal Navy.

William served for 22 years from 1899-1921,

Time in the war spent as a Chief Stoker on submarine depot ships,  Ships served on;

HMS Alecto

Alecto built-in 1911 was a depot ship for submarines and served with submarines at Yarmouth throughout the war.

HMS Vulcan

HMS Vulcan was a British torpedo boat depot ship launched in 1889, later converted to a submarine tender in 1908-09

HMS Forth

A submarine depot ship.

HMS Arrogant

HMS Arrogant (1896) was an Arrogant class launched in 1896. She was used as a depot ship from 1911 and was sold in 1923

HMS Maidstone

H.M.S. Maidstone was completed to navy order as a depot ship in 1912.

HMS Lucia

HMS Lucia of the 10th Submarine Flotilla at South Bank, Tees. The Lucia, which had been the German ship Spreewal, had been captured by the British and converted in 1916. It served during World War One as a submarine depot ship.

HMS Dolphin

HMS Dolphin was a shore base for submarines.

Notes: This extract gives an idea of the duty that the Submarine Depot Base ships were on – On the 30-7-1914 HMS Vulcan departed Dundee with HMS Alecto, C19 and C21 and were based in Newcastle. She would carry out sweeps for U-boats as far south as Flamborough Head and Tees Bay, sometimes she would be away from Newcastle for up to 3 days. After the German battle cruisers attacked Yarmouth HMS Alecto departed Newcastle. on the 7-11-1914 C20. C19 and C21 went south to Immingham and were with HMS Forth. The Humber was considered to be the next possible target for the German battlecruisers. These 3 subs remained with HMS Forth until leaving for Leith on 19-1-1915, arriving there the next day. Only now were they back with Vulcan.

Medals

1914 ‘Mons” Star, British and Victory medals plus the Royal Navy’s Long Service & Good Conduct Medal. William was awarded his medals while serving on HMS Lingard.

After the War

1939 Census

Name: William C Blincoe
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married
Birth Date: 29 Apr 1880
Residence Year: 1939
Address: 23
Residence Place: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Occupation: Stoker Driver HM Dockyard
Schedule Number: 183
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: EBHP
Registration district: 90/2
Inferred Spouse: Elizabeth A Blincoe
Household Members:
Name
William C Blincoe
Elizabeth A Blincoe

Note Charles being in the Navy Dockyard at age 60 is probably a Civilian Stoker/Driver role. Daughter Irene is part of the war effort at the local Spitfire Factory as an aircraft fabric worker with

1957

• 14 January. Tragically wife Elisabeth was taken ill and dies on their golden wedding anniversary. Another newspaper cutting below, showing in 1959 William very much missed Elisabeth

Death 1974 age 95 years

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005, Name: William Charles Blincoe, Birth Date: 29 Apr 1879, Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sept 1974, Registration district: Portsmouth, Inferred County: Hampshire, Volume: 20, Page: 0632.

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There are 2records in the National Archives for this man. For copyright reasons, they cannot be re-published.