Jack
Blane
Born in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Brother of
Charles Henry Blane, Henry James Blane, Donald Fraser Blane, Robert Blane, Margaret Bessie (Blane) Osmond, Bernard Blane and Martin Stanley Blane
Husband of
Kitty (Wallis) Blane
— married
9 Oct 1940 in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Father of
Jean Blane and [private daughter (1940s - unknown)]
Died
at age 94
in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Feb 2023
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Biography
Jack Blane was born in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England.
Jack Blane is a Military Veteran.
Served in the British Army RAMC 1939-1945 during the Second World War.
Served in the British Army RAMC 1939-1945 during the Second World War.
Jack was born 14 August 1918 to Charles and May at 14 Brooklands Road, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire England.[1]
In the 1921 census, Jack is listed as living with his parents and 6 older siblings at 14 Brooklands Road. (See Image)
Jack worked for the London Brick Company from 1933 until he took early retirement in 1980, other than 6½ years in the army for the duration of WWII.
Jack served with RAMC 3 Casualty Clearing Station from January 1940 until February 1946. He served in France 1940, followed by from 1941 North Africa, Sicily and Italy.
Landing on Gold Beach with XXX Corps D+3 he was at Arnhem, Nijmegen and the Battle of the Bulge as his unit made its way into Germany, there for VE Day. Service Number 7266456
Jack was with the BEF and, evacuated from Dunkirk, he married Kitty 9 October 1940.[2] 1940 was the last Christmas Jack spent in England until 1945.
In his 80s Jack developed prostate cancer and AMD but never lost his caring, positive nature, or his love for Kitty as her dementia developed. They celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in 2010, shortly after moving into Salvete care home in Bedford.
Jack died peacefully at the care home 8 December 2012, his daughters Jean and Carole at his side.[3]
Sources
Family documents, photographs and oral records, Jack's military records.
Jean knew not only Jack but also his parents and siblings, with their families, personally.
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FBT-7K7?cid=fs_copy
- ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV8L-6S4T : 8 October 2014), Jack Blane and null, 1940; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1940, quarter 4, vol. 3A, p. 5095, North Bucks, Buckinghamshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/3111249?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a222f735a6b7a7470597a3577516b476e737677775957584f784e71707942564e356c675279494e524b4a67303d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d
See Also
Jack Blane 2nd Edition
Author: Jean Flannery
Date: 2023
Independent Publishing
Available on Amazon
Includes Jack's story in his own words, as transcribed from a taped interview, and his military records.
Memories: 2
Enter a personal reminiscence or story.
The medals in Jack's profile picture:
Upper: 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with 8th Army Clasp, Italy Star, France-Germany Star, 1939-45 Campaign Medal. Lower: Dunkirk Veterans Medal, Normandy Medal. We later sent for, and received, a National Service medal for Jack.
posted 21 May 2023 by Jean Blane
[thank Jean]
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I was born at Bletchley on the 14th of August 1918. We were a large family: eight siblings, Mum and Dad, in a three-bedroom house. We sometimes slept three to a bed. As we all grew up we were looked after well by Mum and Dad.
I left school at fourteen and worked for the Cooperative Society of Bletchley for six months, taking milk round to the ladies. You didn’t collect any money. You were paid with a check. There were bread checks and milk checks (pre-purchased plastic tokens).
After six months I gained worked as an office boy for the London Brick Company and Forders Ltd at their Bletchley works.
My father was born the 11th of July 1880, at Haslingfield in Cambridgeshire. His name was Charles. He worked as an engine driver on the railway.
I cannot remember any of my grandparents. In fact, one on my mother’s side I would never have known. But on my father’s side, I probably saw them once at their home in Barton, near Cambridge.