Private Edward Blanchard

Army Number : 35521

Battalion : 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Lived at Langley Mill, Derbyshire. Husband of Lizzie Blanchard, of 16, Wellington Street, Heanor, Derbyshire. He enlisted at Nottingham and was killed in action, 6th February 1917, aged 26, whilst serving in the line at Wieltje, Belgium.

Buried : Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 1. Row R. Grave 15.

Private Edward Blanchard is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Lawrence’s Church, Heanor, Derbyshire.