Name
William Laurie Blues
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
82006
Royal Army Medical Corps
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
Little information about William Blues, or about his association with Abbots Langley, has been found. William was first listed in the Leavesden Parish Records from December 1915 where he was shown having “Joined HM Forces” and he appeared in the Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour from January 1916, and thereafter each month until the end of the War. He was also listed in the Absent Voter Record, and shown still serving in Spring 1919. Throughout all of the records he was listed serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), with the rank of Private.
In the 1911 Census a William Laurie Blues was recorded as a 13 year old inmate in West Derby, Liverpool, and he was born during the winter of 1898. His address at that time was The Seaman’s Orphan Institution, Orphan Drive, Newisham Park, Liverpool.
It is possible that he was transferred to the Asylum as either an inmate, or gained employment there as an Attendant, and from there joined the RAMC where his caring skills would have been readily accepted. It is unknown who added his name to the Roll of Honour or his link to the Village, other than through his association with Leavesden Asylum.
William Laurie Blues survived the War.
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
