William Blackett
The photograph is shared with the Trust following research by the 11th Armoured Division Facebook Group and its Black Bull Research Team.
Remembering William Blackett, Missing Presumed Killed in Action, 26 June 1944.
© IWM H 20821
The photo in which Trooper Blackett is seen was taken by Lt Tanner, an official war photographer, on 25 June 1942. The photo caption reads: "Trooper Bill Blackett, the driver of a Valentine tank of 29th Armoured Brigade, 11th Armoured Division, chats to Pat Brooker, aged 5, during a halt in the village of Rottingdean in Sussex, 25 June 1942. Before the war he was a gardener in Durham."
FALLEN HEROES
WILLIAM BLACKETT
Army • TROOPER
Royal Armoured Corps
DIED | 26 June 1944
AGE | 35
SERVICE NO. | 7926765
FALLEN HEROES
WILLIAM BLACKETT
Army • TROOPER
Royal Armoured Corps
DIED | 26 June 1944
AGE | 35
SERVICE NO. | 7926765
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