7763 Pte Frederick John Blackall of the 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment was killed in action on this day, 19th August, in 1915. Soldiers Died in The Great War records his name incorrectly as Blackhall and gives his birthplace as Oxford, his place of residence as Westhill, Oxfordshire, and his place of enlistment as Reading.
Frederick was a career soldier who originally joined the Berkshire Regiment in June or July 1904. Unless he extended his period of service, he would have been on the Reserve when was was declared and in any event, arrived overseas with his regiment on the 13th August 1914.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that Frederick was serving with B Company and that he was the son of George and Ellen Blackall of 94 West Street, Henley-on-Thames. He is buried at Vieille Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, France.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Image of Vieille Chapelle from WW1 Cemeteries.
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