BLAKE, CECIL, Lieut., Royal Army Medical Corps, elder s. of the late John Blake, of Burghersdorp, South Africa, by his wife, Susan Margaret Van Renen (East London, South Africa); b. Burghersdorp, Cape Province, South Africa, 7 Oct. 1888; educ. privately, and at Rhodes College; was a Medical Practitioner; gazetted Lieut. Royal Army Medical Corps 15 Aug. 1918, and sent to the Prisoners of War Camp, Rugeley, co. Stafford, and died at Cannock Chase Military Hospital 30 Oct. following, of septic pneumonia, contracted while on duty. Buried in Cannock Chase Military Cemetery. He m. at Edinburgh, 18 May, 1918, Aline Jean (69, Merchiston Crescent, Edinburgh), only dau. of the late Rev. W. J. Macdonald, of Kirkcaldy; s.p.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5