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Private 298579 Arhur BISHOP. Mechanical Transport, Army Service Corps.<br />
4, East Cross Cottages, Tenterden<br />
Gunner 198732 Charles Henry BISHOP. 302 Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.<br />
Coombe Lane, Tenterden<br />
Driver 93357 Horace BISHOP. West Lancashire Company, Royal Engineers.<br />
In November 1917 the 1 st Buffs were resting at Monchy Breton 12 miles west of Mazingarbe in<br />
France. On the 1 st November the 1 st Buffs marched to Grand Bouret and there met the 6 th Buffs.<br />
The battalion was not in action at this time. George is listed as killed in action.<br />
BLACKMAN A<br />
Private T/203078 Albert BLACKMAN. 4 th Battalion, The Buffs (East <strong>Kent</strong> Regiment). Died<br />
Thursday 27 th December 1917 India. Born Hawkhurst. Enlisted Blackheath, London. Albert has<br />
no known grave. His name appears on the Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Chennai, India.<br />
Panel reference Face 7.<br />
The Ashford 1918 Absentee Voters List gives –<br />
Chapel Cottages, Rolvenden<br />
Private Private 203299 Alfred Ernest BLACKMAN. 4 th Buffs (East <strong>Kent</strong> Regiment).<br />
The Green, Sandhurst<br />
Private George Henry BLACKMAN.<br />
The 4 th battalion was a territorial Buffs battalion. It moved from India to Aden and disembarked<br />
there on the 4 th August 1915. It is not known how Albert came to lose his life. It seems likely that<br />
Albert remained in India when his battalion moved to Aden in 1915. He may have died of disease<br />
or in an accident.<br />
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