https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/43314/archive/files/d41762f8c4b8d6702e0a607d34bbba46.jpg?Expires=1787788800&Signature=o4qFD%7EPQktEQZT76ZsFIgRcD2rqBt7FGYoqcf5%7Eg97sXJLBegHWimSS0oacCmdHoqWwYE64fOTWizBYc0LmxKHPzcSawV0Zr1ArK7AZ1U5O0M0xYqjbVgAsCXecwzxhM7UrhIyp3Wxna0DEVIXQ8SQJprAwkNAy0gfIRnkoPvJLyt204j9lEVn1TB1xtS9XDCLDSV0GxExwYlmjAXlzHhSKDD3qFXOY%7EBGrnx6pTm9jKNWlObMXqLO6b0UY-xeHH0AsRF4bGSkxe6MogkIT1hxMjyZUZl%7EDmDpdkz4df0f8TXq9uonBcJkpFwmQx6SIWQPU8JoXalfbHl4LBL8ndPA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 96c53495649bc74900b79f7a43336a34 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/43314/archive/files/3ceb794be18caa6ffea7c9d2aaf2f0ee.jpg?Expires=1787788800&Signature=nEYnWcYUD4TV9ttLC5OlGwf%7EkUFjkHnWa8pvDKaEb8Qr%7EwcMuS6i9jxJqPJ-oBPNZZKiWgqJszDz86nDg1SvVOmgzj3szzpFY8Aaayo0sRmgbodjeQj69LV4IBrI5QH2w1egl8MezDSS%7EIu3SdHskRkM32Er7Pmoiuly6FjUmpxtO481YpJTlOhCUBOCoYu7Q6Dc15737te2mCr0XY4abfqhOgOlz8gZ9-UMXKEeSg5J61FPZKlR1J5IWmAmSlqRf1YKJt8Qz3WfjTmJ2EVBgo0Zk2XffO7nlDU1rXCYlaIyH4KttWpMVP-JOXcCkzWS9%7E1nnDFSCtZNxLG0rALfSg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 4ab7ff4c86abd7293abcbe2ba03d9d31 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/43314/archive/files/df9e303183ccf95f128ee2b387f79239.png?Expires=1787788800&Signature=Sptx-pLDw57CsXazkzA8PBQSbLS0YdQ0-l8RKyF34TUXj6OgrMhPgRGf9DgLsfQoeQfu7HCedMDWSWxkVyR9WbB3EguWhcPH7KvDtYVKdTf1FCY0I5Ikw5olrJ5GF-Efy9ef1zlNSkx3Eq7is05w4-tkLzpoKk0rnbus4ntpVFbu1U%7E2Ka9kuWKzFhweVN-wvHq3hIe5dDlyC74vVK53VW69cDwq16Ktamy-5fb0nu0LbXxy%7EYXks3c-yP3HaJHJhH4An9BwRKe67CkG7lly%7E4OqzYvdzXyRDhDzbsUA2RHGRl%7ED%7E5HAVhQetfJPnl52Xe461vZPnhmmzv3xy2W8hQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 8aae73a7a287a18ba794d4abd1ac5141 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource War and Remembrance Subject The topic of the resource As with most communities the cost of war was high. Here we remember the fallen and their stories. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Oakridge History Group Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Martin William Blackwell Description An account of the resource Martin Blackwell was born on 2 November 1879 in Far Oakridge and baptised on 14 December 1879 in Oakridge Church. He was the second son of James Blackwell and Amelia Gourd. James Blackwell was a stone mason and the family lived at Spring Cottage, Far Oakridge. Martin entered Oakridge School on 16 April 1883 and left on 29 August 1892. In 1899 he married Agnes Maria Taylor in Cirencester and by 1901 was living in 9 Queens Street, Cirencester where he was working as a stone mason. Martin and Agnes had 8 children.<br /><br />Martin enlisted in the 7th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment in Bristol, served as a private and was killed in active service in Kut, Mesopotamia on 25 February 1917 aged 37 leaving behind a wife and 8 children.<br /><p>Martin is remembered with honour at the Basra Memorial.</p> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Oakridge History Group Type The nature or genre of the resource Static Image