Frank Bluck (1915-1989)

Soldier

Service No:	7904694
Rank:	Trooper
Squadron:	HQ, later A
Wounded:	23 Sep 1944
Mentioned in:	23H Story Page 276 Casualty List Record

Civilian

Occupation:	Bus Conductor (1939), later Fitter.
Residence:	39 Baxters Lane, St Helens, Lancashire (1939, 45), 134 Robin Lane, Sutton, Lancashire (1951), Pickering, Ontario, Canada (1957, 63)
Birth:	10 Oct 1915 registered in Prescot, Lancashire
Death:	18 Aug 1989 in Canada
Burial:	St George's Anglican Church Cemetery, Ajax, Durham, Ontario [Grave]
Marriage:	to Una Mary Bassnett 1939 at St Nicholas Church, Sutton, Lancashire
Children:	1 son, 3 daughters

Parents

William Frederick Bluck	Margaret Ellen Finney
Coal Miner. 103 Edgeworth Street, Sutton, Lancashire (1908, 11). Birth 1882 in Leycett, Staffordshire. Death 11 Oct 1925 at Clockface Colliery, St Helens, Lancashire.	Birth 28 Dec 1883 in St Helens, Lancashire. Death registered Dec 1947 in St Helens.
Marriage 1907 at St Peter's Church, Parr, Lancashire

Notes

Frank's father William was killed in a mining accident, "Crushed between tubs and roof". The mine belonged to the Wigan Coal and Iron Co Ltd and was closed in 1966.

Frank sailed from Plymouth to St John, New Brunswick, Canada on 17 Nov 1951 aboard the 'Protea'. His wife and children joined him the following year, sailing from Southampton via New York aboard the 'Queen Mary'.