South Yorkshire Times, October 2nd 1945
Gunner’s Death
News has reached the parents of Gnr. Alfred Bladen (24), of 7. School Street, Great Houghton, that their son has been killed.
Gnr. Bladen joined an anti-tank regiment just before the war broke out.
Prior to that he worked at the Houghton Main Colliery.
Early this year he was on his way abroad, when it was reported that the ship in which he was travelling had been torpedoed.
At that time his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bladen, received news from the War Office that he was missing, Official news of his death has now been received. He had many friends in the district.
From C.W.G.C.:
Gunner ALFRED BLADEN
Service Number: 1545262
Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Artillery 58 Anti-Tank Regt.
Date of Death Died 20 January 1943
Age 26 years old
Buried or commemorated at
MEDJEZ-EL-BAB MEMORIAL Face 7. Tunisia
Additional Info
Son of William and Evelyn Bladen; husband of Joyce Bladen, of Grimethorpe, Yorkshire.