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Name: BLOCKLEY, John Frank Grosvenor
Nee: son of Frank Haggart Blockley
Birth Date: 8 Sep 1893 San Bernardino, California
Death Date: 1932 London
First Date: 1912
Profession: Mechanical engineer
Area: Eldama Ravine
Married: Maria Ellen Salt b. 29 Dec 1893 Simla, India, ?d. 21 Aug 1952 Eastbourne
Children: Joan Catherine Grosvenor (Matthews) (2 Aug 1925 Eastbourne-24 Oct 2015 Shrewsbury)
Book Reference: Red Book 1912, Gazette
War Service: RE; Indian Army
General Information:
Red Book 1912 - J.F.G. Blockley - Eldama Ravine
Gazette 23/1/1918 - PO Savings Bank - Deposits not claimed for 5 years - J.F. Blockley
1911-13 in Kenya
1914-14 at sea as wrireless operator
1918-24 Commissioned, Indian Army
1926-28 Store and Shipping Officer, Calcutta
1930 Capt. Indian Army Service Corps