Service No. 2660354.
Coldstream Guards.
No.8 (Guards) Commando, possibly No.2 Troop.
L Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade.
A Squadron, 1 S.A.S.
Jumped with Lt McGonigal's stick and was subsequently taken Prisoner of War during Operation Squatter in November of 1941 after the group were separated from the rest of the attacking force. He was interned in Camp 54, Fara-in-Sabina,(near Rome) in Italy during 1943. Released under the Italian Armistice in 1943, he, and a few SAS colleagues, managed to evade capture and made their way to neutral Switzerland, some 50 miles away. The following year he rejoined his unit, while training in Scotland, having returned to Britain. He was killed in action in Germany in April of 1945 during Operation Archway.
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Blakeney
James Venney
UNIT 1 SAS (A Squadron)
RANKPrivate
NUMBER 2660354
DATE OF DEATH 8th April 1945
AGE 25
GRAVESITE Hanover War Cemetery, Germany 15.B.2
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Army Air Corps
former 3 Bn Coldstream Guards
born 11.12.1919 Grimsby, Lincolnshire
son of James and Ada Blakeney,74 Grimsby Road, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
Grimsby trawlerman in civilian life
served with 8 Commando
served with L Det SAS - POW Nov.1941 (Op.Squatter)
released from POW camp in Italy 1943 and evaded to Switzerland
rejoined 1 SAS 1944
Op. Amherst - KIA Germany
named on family headstone Cleethorpes Cemetery
Source: https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/blakeney-james.2602/
Coldstream Guards.
No.8 (Guards) Commando, possibly No.2 Troop.
L Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade.
A Squadron, 1 S.A.S.
Jumped with Lt McGonigal's stick and was subsequently taken Prisoner of War during Operation Squatter in November of 1941 after the group were separated from the rest of the attacking force. He was interned in Camp 54, Fara-in-Sabina,(near Rome) in Italy during 1943. Released under the Italian Armistice in 1943, he, and a few SAS colleagues, managed to evade capture and made their way to neutral Switzerland, some 50 miles away. The following year he rejoined his unit, while training in Scotland, having returned to Britain. He was killed in action in Germany in April of 1945 during Operation Archway.
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Blakeney
James Venney
UNIT 1 SAS (A Squadron)
RANKPrivate
NUMBER 2660354
DATE OF DEATH 8th April 1945
AGE 25
GRAVESITE Hanover War Cemetery, Germany 15.B.2
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Army Air Corps
former 3 Bn Coldstream Guards
born 11.12.1919 Grimsby, Lincolnshire
son of James and Ada Blakeney,74 Grimsby Road, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
Grimsby trawlerman in civilian life
served with 8 Commando
served with L Det SAS - POW Nov.1941 (Op.Squatter)
released from POW camp in Italy 1943 and evaded to Switzerland
rejoined 1 SAS 1944
Op. Amherst - KIA Germany
named on family headstone Cleethorpes Cemetery
Source: https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/blakeney-james.2602/
Service No. 2660354.
Coldstream Guards.
No.8 (Guards) Commando, possibly No.2 Troop.
L Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade.
A Squadron, 1 S.A.S.
Jumped with Lt McGonigal's stick and was subsequently taken Prisoner of War during Operation Squatter in November of 1941 after the group were separated from the rest of the attacking force. He was interned in Camp 54, Fara-in-Sabina,(near Rome) in Italy during 1943. Released under the Italian Armistice in 1943, he, and a few SAS colleagues, managed to evade capture and made their way to neutral Switzerland, some 50 miles away. The following year he rejoined his unit, while training in Scotland, having returned to Britain. He was killed in action in Germany in April of 1945 during Operation Archway.
*****************************
Blakeney
James Venney
UNIT 1 SAS (A Squadron)
RANKPrivate
NUMBER 2660354
DATE OF DEATH 8th April 1945
AGE 25
GRAVESITE Hanover War Cemetery, Germany 15.B.2
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Army Air Corps
former 3 Bn Coldstream Guards
born 11.12.1919 Grimsby, Lincolnshire
son of James and Ada Blakeney,74 Grimsby Road, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
Grimsby trawlerman in civilian life
served with 8 Commando
served with L Det SAS - POW Nov.1941 (Op.Squatter)
released from POW camp in Italy 1943 and evaded to Switzerland
rejoined 1 SAS 1944
Op. Amherst - KIA Germany
named on family headstone Cleethorpes Cemetery
Source: https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/blakeney-james.2602/
Coldstream Guards.
No.8 (Guards) Commando, possibly No.2 Troop.
L Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade.
A Squadron, 1 S.A.S.
Jumped with Lt McGonigal's stick and was subsequently taken Prisoner of War during Operation Squatter in November of 1941 after the group were separated from the rest of the attacking force. He was interned in Camp 54, Fara-in-Sabina,(near Rome) in Italy during 1943. Released under the Italian Armistice in 1943, he, and a few SAS colleagues, managed to evade capture and made their way to neutral Switzerland, some 50 miles away. The following year he rejoined his unit, while training in Scotland, having returned to Britain. He was killed in action in Germany in April of 1945 during Operation Archway.
*****************************
Blakeney
James Venney
UNIT 1 SAS (A Squadron)
RANKPrivate
NUMBER 2660354
DATE OF DEATH 8th April 1945
AGE 25
GRAVESITE Hanover War Cemetery, Germany 15.B.2
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Army Air Corps
former 3 Bn Coldstream Guards
born 11.12.1919 Grimsby, Lincolnshire
son of James and Ada Blakeney,74 Grimsby Road, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
Grimsby trawlerman in civilian life
served with 8 Commando
served with L Det SAS - POW Nov.1941 (Op.Squatter)
released from POW camp in Italy 1943 and evaded to Switzerland
rejoined 1 SAS 1944
Op. Amherst - KIA Germany
named on family headstone Cleethorpes Cemetery
Source: https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/blakeney-james.2602/
Inscription
2660354 PRIVATE
Special Air Service Regt.
SPECIAL AIR SERVICE REGT.
ARMY AIR CORPS
Army Air Corps
Age 20
Deep in our hearts
A memory is left
Of one we loved
And will never forget
Gravesite Details
2660354
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