Private Daniel Blood

Army Number: 31886

Battalion: 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Harpur Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire. Son of Thomas and Sarah Anne Blood, of  18, Harpur Hill. He was a lime quarry labourer prior to enlisting at Buxton. He died of wounds 28th March 1918, aged 24.

Buried : Namps-Au-Val British Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row E. Grave 11.

Namps-Au-Val British Cemetery, France.

Private Daniel Blood is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
The Slopes Memorial, Buxton, Derbyshire.
St. James’s Church Roll of Honour, Harpur Hill, Derbyshire.
St. James’s Church Clock War Memorial, Harpur Hill, Derbyshire.
Harpur Hill Methodist Church War Memorial, Harpur Hill, Derbyshire.
Harpur Hill War Memorial, Harpur Hill, Derbyshire.

The Slopes Memorial, Buxton, Derbyshire.
The Slopes Memorial, Buxton, Derbyshire.

His brother Lance Corporal Thomas Blood, Machine Gun Corps, formerly 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, also fell in the Great War.