Name
Wilfred George Blatherwick
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
19/05/1918
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Royal Air Force
56th Training Sqdn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ST. ALBANS (HATFIELD ROAD) CEMETERY
E. I. 24.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the St Albans memorials (*1)
Pre War
Son of George William and Florence Blatherwick, of Kew Villa, 23, Hastings St., Tamboreis Kloof, Cape Town, South Africa.
The Airmen Died in the Great War records Wilfred as from Cape Town, South Africa.
Wartime Service
Killed whilst flying.
Additional Information
*1 Wilfred's grave (not CWGC) bears the inscription:
In loving memory of
WILFRED GEORGE BLATHERWICK DIED MAY 19TH 1918 AGED 24 YEARS
WILFRED GEORGE BLATHERWICK DIED MAY 19TH 1918 AGED 24 YEARS
Acknowledgments
Gareth Hughes
