The Weald - People history and genealogy

Date

Type

Information

Source

13^th October 1894

Born

At Castle Hill Gardens in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Rotherfield Parish Registers

4^th January 1895

Christened

At St. Denys Church in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; son of John Blyth (gardener) and Emma Blyth

Rotherfield Parish Registers

2^nd April 1911

Census

At Llanfoist, Beeches Road in the Parish of Crowborough, Sussex; Henry Blyth, M, Son, single, age 16, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: servicer for railway clerk

1911 Census
Crowborough, Sussex

12^th October 1917

Died

In the Country of Belgium; killed in action

After 12^th October 1917

Buried

At Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen in the Country of Belgium

Crowborough War Memorial Roll of Honour - Blyth H. G. Private
Henry George Blyth (1894-1917) - Guardsman 775, 4th Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment. Killed in action 12 October 1917. Born Rotherfield, enlisted Leith, Midlothian, resident Crowborough. Formerly 15527, Scots Guards. No known grave. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 11.

John Blyth
gardener

m: Oct to Dec 1876

Emma Smith

b: 1849 Scotland

b: 1853 Belstead, Suffolk

b: 1879 Southwold, Suffolk

b: 1884 Whitchurch, Hampshire

b: 1889 Whitchurch, Hampshire

b: 5^th Jul 1892 Castle Hill Gardens, Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 11^th Sep 1892 St. Denys Church

b: 13^th Oct 1894 Castle Hill Gardens, Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 4^th Jan 1895 St. Denys Church
d: 12^th Oct 1917 Belgium
bur: After 12^th Oct 1917 Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Parental
record

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