BLEASE, FRANK SHIRLEY, L.-Corpl., No. 251066, 1\/6th (Territorial) Battn. The Manchester Regt., s. of the late Walter Duncan Blease, by his wife, Hannah (10, Richmond Grove, Levenshulme); b. Cheetham Hill, Manchester, co. Lancaster, 24 Sept. 1894; educ. Stockport Commercial School; was in the employ of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce; joined the Manchester Regt. in May, 1915; served in Egypt from Jan. 1916, and subsequently with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from March, 1917, and died at Gr\u00e9villers 29 Sept. 1918, of wounds received in action on the 27th. Buried at Gr\u00e9villers. His Commanding Officer wrote: “I have known him since before he came from England, and of all the men I have had under me since then none have been finer than L.-Corpl. Blease. He was one of the finest N.C.O.’s in the company, and one we could ill spare. His section was the best in the company, and all thought the world of him. I never ask to have a finer soldier or a braver man under my charge, and I wish I had more like him. If ever I wanted a job done, I could always give it to him, and rest content that it would be done, and done well.” Unm.<\/p>\n
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