Lance Corporal Blake

Tom Blake (1895-April 6, 1917) was a British Army lance corporal who served in the 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment during World War I. On April 6, 1917, he and Lance Corporal Will Schofield were sent to warn the 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment not to attack the former German front line amid the Germans' secret withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line, but Blake was killed early in the mission when a downed German pilot whom he had rescued fatally stabbed him in the abdomen.

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Tom Blake (1895-April 6, 1917) was a British Army lance corporal who served in the 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment during World War I. On April 6, 1917, he and Lance Corporal Will Schofield were sent to warn the 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment not to attack the former German front line amid the Germans' secret withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line, but Blake was killed early in the mission when a downed German pilot whom he had rescued fatally stabbed him in the abdomen.

Subject ID: 194754

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