Service Details
Name:
 BLOUNT
Given Name:
 CLAVELL MONKHOUSE
Initials:
 C M
Service No:
 5600
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "C" Coy.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Natal Light Horse #437
Date of Death:
 1916-07-19
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Date of Birth:
 1880-04-19
Age:
 36
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Additional
Information:
Son of Capt. Clavell William Simpson Blount, R.N. and Elizabeth Ann (nee Plant) Blount. Husband of Florence Elizabeth Blount, of 5, Pennsylvania Crescent, Exeter, Devon, England. Born Holywood, County Down, Ireland. Served in Boer War #9523 54th Coy., 13th Bn, Imperial Yeomanry on 9 Jan 1900 in Belfast for one year with the Colours, and was discharged at his own request on 31 December 1900 in Johannesburg. Enlisted August, 1914. Also served in German South West Africa and Egypt. Previously wounded January, 1916.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.

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