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Roland Blankney

Key Facts

Occupation/Rank: 141323, Second Lieutenant, 810 Company, Royal Pioneer Corps

Date of Death: 16 April 1941

Age: 45

Second Lieutenant Blankney lost his life as a result of shock and cardiac failure following a motor accident during the Easter Tuesday Raid.

He is buried in Scholemoor Cemetery in Bradford.

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