BLINMAN, Harold Trevor
Primary tabs
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
East Lancashire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
3384304
Died :
Monday, November 30, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
29
Cemetery/Memorial:
Lance Corporal Harold Blinman was killed in action during operations in Tunisia, North Africa. He has no known grave.Son of Charles William and Emma Eliza Blinman; husband of Gladys Evelyn Blinman, of Corsham, Wiltshire. Father of Terence aged 3 months. At the time of his death No.6 Commando were engaged in an assault on one of a line of flat topped hills known as Green Hill which was held by the enemy and covered the road and railway running from Tabarka to Mateur.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/55.
The Green Beret by Hilary St. George Saunders.
Report of his death in the Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette 02 January 1943.
[Image below] Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser 04 December 1943.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Additional content:
Archive pages :
Ask Questions / Add Information / Add Photos
Use the Archive Forum for research enquiries, or to add information or photos. [register now].
Read some frequently asked questions here [FAQ's].
Read some frequently asked questions here [FAQ's].
Contact the Archive via the [contact form].
All content is researched and administered by the Commando Veterans Archive.
