Private William Blood

Army Number: 268841

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

Born and lived at Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Husband of Gwendoline Blood. He enlisted at Derby and was killed in action, 5th November 1917, whilst serving in the trenches near Bodmin Copse, near Ypres, Belgium. 

Commemorated : Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.

Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Private William Blood is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Ashbourne Memorial Park Gates War Memorial, Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
St. Oswalds Church War Memorial, Ashbourne, Derbyshire.