BLICK, GILBERT REXTONE, Sergt., No. 200413, 1/7th (Territorial) Battn. The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regt.), s. of Alfred James Blick, of 33, Cottenham Road, Holloway, London, N., by his wife, Annie Louisa, dau. of Thomas Gilbert; b. Holloway, N., 12 Oct. 1892; educ. Grafton Road and Yerbury Road Council Schools there; was a Booking Clerk on the London Electric Railway; joined the Territorial Force in 1909; completed his four years’ service in Nov. 1913; again volunteered for service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained at Sittingbourne; went to Gibraltar, but returned to England in Jan. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was wounded during the operations on the Somme in Sept. 1916, and invalided to hospital; rejoined his regiment on recovery, and was killed in action at Arras 3 May, 1917. A comrade wrote: “Our battalion was in action on 3 May, and amongst the missing the same night was your son. On the morning of the 4th I met several of his platoon, and one man told me he saw him wounded and afterwards hit again and killed instantly. He died in the charge with all my company officers. We all miss him very much, as he was our best sergeant and one of the old original boys.” Unm,
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5