Captain John Philip Blake, MC

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Captain Blake was awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry and leadership during operations in Italy. He was killed in action during the an assault on the island of Brac. There is an inscription in his honour on the back of the lectern in St Faiths, Havant, and more about his life can be read here: St Faiths Havant

In Memory of Captain John Philip Blake, MC
43RM Commando, Royal Marines,
born 17th November 1917,
who died on the 3rd June 1944 aged 26,
Remembered with honour at Belgrade War Cemetery