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First Name: | Thomas Charles Alfred | Last Name: | BLOMEFIELD |
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| Date of Death: | 14/08/1915 | Lived/Born In: | Wimbledon | |
| Rank: | Commander | Unit: | HMS Juno | |
| Memorial Site: | 1. Wimbledon, St Mary 2. Chatham Naval Memorial | |||
Current Information:Age-40
HMS Juno was a light cruiser which in 1915 was sent to the Persian Gulf as part of a force that attempted to curtail the anti-British activities of the Tangistanis led by Rais Ali Delvari in what is now Iran. A British force landed at Bushehr on 8th August, 1915 and on 13th August Thomas Blomefield, captain of HMS Juno, took a landing party ashore. He was seriously wounded whilst ashore and died of these wounds the following day. |
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