Private William Joseph Blaymires

Army Number: 102215 (formerly 266 Royal Warwickshire Regiment)

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived in Birmingham. Son of Jonathan and Alice Emily Blaymires, of Back 117, George St. West Hockley, Birmingham. He was a goldsmith prior to enlisting, 23rd September 1914 at Birmingham. He went to  France on 21st November 1915 and was admitted to 21 casualty clearing station at Corbie, France, on 3rd September 1916 suffering from shell shock and the effects of gas. He was transferred to No. 3 Stationary Hospital at Rouen, France on 4th September 1916 and rejoined his battalion on 24th September 1916. He received gunshot wounds to his head and was treated at 33, casualty clearing station Bethune, France 19th January 1917. He was transferred to No. 10 Stationary Hospital St. Omer, France and then to England on Hospital Ship St. Dennis, 28th February 1917. He returned to France and received gunshot wounds to his left leg, on 6th September 1917 and was treated at 46, casualty clearing station, Mendinghem, Belgium. He was transferred to No. 1 Canadian General Hospital, on 7th September 1917 and to England, on 15th September 1917. He was treated at Northumberland War Hospital, Newcastle for the 16th September 1917 to the 7th December 1917. He was transferred to the 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 24th March 1918 returned to France and was killed in action, 28th August 1918, age 29, during the German counter-attack at Oppy, France.

Commemorated: Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France. Panel 7.