Father: :Herbert Edward Green 1867–1950 BIRTH 30 DEC 1867 • Battersea, Surrey, England DEATH 27 OCT 1950 • Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Mother:Georgiana Wright 1868–1940
BIRTH ABT 1868 • Attleborough, Norfolk, England DEATH 2 MAY 1940 • Waroona, Western Australia, Australia
Conection to a Blencowe?
From Christine Spence – Blencowe Edward Green – Findmypast
My Great Uncle, Blencowe Edward Green, was one of seven children born to Herbert Edward Green and Georgiana Wright.
He was the second son and third child, born on 5 January 1896 in Somerleyton, Suffolk, England.
The family emigrated – first father in 1912, then mother and younger children in Oct 1913. Blencowe and his older brother Vaughan worked their passage on the “Themistocles” – Vaughan in 1912, and Blencowe in 1913, arriving on the 1 August in Sydney.
On the 13 July 1915 he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, service number 3047. His records are held on the Australian National Archives website.
Blencowe was killed in action at Pozières on the 18 July, 1916, aged 20. The Battle of Pozières was a two week struggle for the French village of Pozières, and the ridge on which it stands, during the middle stages of the 1916 Battle of the Somme.
He is buried at Fleurbaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, 347 Rue-David Military Cemetery, Grave Ref I. E. 45. My brother, who is in the Royal Australian Navy, visited the grave with his family and placed the legacy badge on Blencowe’s gravestone in the attached picture.
His name is listed on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, and the attached picture shows the poppy I placed there on my visit to Canberra.
Lest we forget
Photo below of Blencowe’s name on the War Memorial at Canberra, Australia
Notes
1911 CENSUS
- Herbert Edward Green Head Married Male Railway Guard 43 1868 London Battersea
- Georgiana Green Wife Married Female – 43 1868 Norfolk Attleborough
- Vaughan Edward Green Son Single Male Clerk 17 1894 Suffolk Somerleyton
- Blencowe Edward Green Son Single Male Clerk 15 1896 Suffolk Somerleyton
- Harold Ed Green Son – Male School 10 1901 Norfolk Dereham
- Cyril Edward Green Son – Male School 8 1903 Norfolk Norwich
- Eric Edward Green Son – Male – 0 1911 Essex Seven Kings
FROM AIF PROJECT
Blencowe Edward GREEN
| Regimental number | 3047 |
| Place of birth | Somerleyton, Suffolk, England |
| School | High School, Norwich, England |
| Age on arrival in Australia | 17 |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Seaman |
| Address | Cambridge Villa, Antaires Street, Southern Cross, Western Australia |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 19 |
| Height | 5′ 8″ |
| Weight | 148 lbs |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs G. Green, Cambridge Villa, Antaires Street, Southern Cross, Western Australia |
| Previous military service | Nil |
| Enlistment date | 13 July 1915 |
| Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 4th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/21/3 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 8 October 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Fate | Killed in Action 18 July 1916 |
| Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | First given name incorrectly entered on Nominal Roll as Blancoue. |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
| Place of burial | Rue-David Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 45), Fleurbaix, France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial |
17 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records |
Parents: Herbert and Georgiana GREEN, ‘Woodlands’, Waroona, Western Australia. Native of Somerleyton, Suffolk, England |
| Other details | War service: Egypt, Western Front
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Miscellaneous details | First given name incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as Blencombe. |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, GREEN Blencowe Edward |