Private Frederick Blood

Army Number : 83231

Battalion : 2/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Son of John and Mary Blood, of Ashbourne, Husband of Margaret Mary Blood, of Station Street, Ashbourne. He was a butcher prior to enlisting at Ashbourne and was transferred to 476346 Labour Corps. He died of wounds, 20th May 1918, aged 38.

Buried: Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, France. Plot 2, Row A. Grave 8.

Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, France.

Private Frederick Blood grave — Photograph of grave kindly supplied by Paul Withey.

Private Frederick Blood is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
Ashbourne Memorial Park Gates War Memorial, Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
St. Oswald’s Church War Memorial, Ashbourne, Derbyshire.