Blincow Richard F C 1900

Richard Frederick Cyril Blincow [4665]

Richard Frederick Cyriol Blincow 1917

1900-1982

Known as Fred.

Father Nm: Frederick Herbert Blincow [3750] born July 1860 Brown Lion St. Tipton died 1954 Princes End Tipton: Oldest known ancestor; Henry Blincow 1709 Kings Sutton.

Mother Nm: Susanna Dingle 1864-1944.

Marriage Dt:1928 to Laura Foxall, Stourbridge, Volume 6C, Page 21.

K comments:

WW1: Cousin Percy served with the South Staffordshire Regiment and Cousin Sidney with the Suffolk Regiment.

Son Peter served with the RAF from 1947

Spouse Cmnts: Laura Foxall born 1903 Kingswinford died 23.2.1999 Smethwick

Children: Peter Blincow 1928-2003.

(Research): GR[B] Sept 1900 GR[D] Walsall 340339 Dec 1982.

Born 2nd Feb. 1900 Tipton Staffs.
1901 Census 8, Tibbington Road, Tipton, Dudley, Staffordshire
  1. Frederick Herbert Blincow 40 1861 Ironworks Shingler
  2. Susanna Blincow Wife Married Female 37 1864
  3. Herbert Job Blincow Son – Male 12 1889 –
  4. Nellie Blincow Daughter – Female 10 1891
  5. Edgar Blincow Son – Male 8 1893
  6. Clara Ethel Blincow Daughter – Female 6 1895
  7. Annie Blincow Daughter – Female 4 1897
  8. Frederick R C Blincow Son – Male 0 1901
Hampshire Regt.

Hampshire Regiment
WW1

Blincow Richard Frederick Cyril, 1900, Tipton, 51st (Graduated) Bn. Hampshire Regiment.

Synopsis

Fred’s son Peter provided me with the details of his father’s service, a complicated story, a wounding not in battle. Fred had been too late to join his battalion in the last months of the war but instead was to go to Germany as part of the Army of Occupation, but a training ground accident had devastating results for presumably other new recruits to the battalion. With Peters’s knowledge, I don’t think I would ever got the details of his service. Peter passed away shortly after conveying what his father had done, and I didn’t get a chance to ask him about his WW2 service a great pity.

1915-1916

Railway Jnr. Clerk employee from 8 Jul 1915 until resigned 30 Dec 1916.

1917
  • Enlisted in 1917, the evidence is a photograph of Fred in uniform dated that year.
  • Up until 27 October 1917, the battalion was known as the 281st Graduated Battalion and had no regimental affiliation. Before that, it had been the 93rd Battalion of the Training Reserve. A training unit based at Canterbury, it was part of the 201st Brigade in the 67th Division.
1918
  • The Battalion moved to Foxhall Heath (Ipswich) in March 1918.
  • Arrived on the Western Front (most likely as the war was ending) and was involved in a training accident, son Peter explains in this letter.extract letter peter blincow pg 1
  • Invalided to England. Fred was to go to Germany with the regiment in their role as an Army of Occupation but was shortly to be invalided home. Instead, he ended up at Summerdown Convalescents Army Camp at Grove Rd. Eastbourne. The following four photos from the Summerdown Camp from the website delcamp.net give some idea of this period in Fred’s life. Summerdown Convalescent Hospital eastbourne 2 Summerdown Convalescent Hospital eastbourne 3 Summerdown Convalescent Hospital eastbourne 4 Summerdown Convalescent Hospital eastbourne
1919

Movements of the Hampshire Regiment in 1919

  • While Fred was not with the battalion, they went to Germany on 19th Mar. 1919 to the Cologne Bridgehead.Armistice and occupation of Germany map

  • A British tank on the rhine embankment near the hohenzollern bridge in Cologne
    A British tank on the Rhine embankment near the Hohenzollern bridge in Cologne
  • 22nd Mar. The Bn. relieved the 4th Worcesters at Wermels-Kirchen joining the 3rd Southern Infantry Bde. Southern Division, British Army of the Rhine.
Sources
  1. Richard’s photograph was provided by his son Peter Blincow and a letter from Peter regarding his father’s experiences.
  2. Long Long Trail-Training Reserves.
  3. Summerdown Convalescent Camp Eastbourne.
After the War

A motor engineer.

Death 1982 age 81 years

Walsall.