Obituaries

Blesma helps military veterans who have lost limbs through or after service. Here, we honor our Blesma Members and those closely linked to the Charity who have sadly passed on. Blesma shares these Obituaries, which contain heroic war stories and tales of survival, from WWII to the present day.

WINSTON ‘WINK’ BILCOCK HAS DIED, aged 77. Wink was born in Huntingdon in 1940. He joined the Royal Navy in 1957 serving on HMS Blackwood, HMS Plymouth…
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CAPTAIN GERALD JACKSON BRYAN, CMG, CVO, OBE, MC, soldier and government administrator, died in March aged 96. He was born in Belfast and had a feisty …
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BLESMA SUPPORTER ARNOLD PICKUP HAS PASSED AWAY at the age of 86. Arnold spent more than 25 years tirelessly raising money for Blesma and other causes …
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MARY DRAKE, a veteran fundraiser, has died at the age of 92. Mary, who lived in Chelmsford, Essex, was involved in establishing the Friends of Blesma …
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LAWRENCE HOLT served in the Royal Navy as a Mechanical Engineer between 1952 and 1963. After initial training at Torpoint in Cornwall, Lawrence joined…
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MARK FINCHAM, from King’s Lynn, served in the Royal Marines from 2003 to 2011 before leaving as a Lance Corporal. After a career in the Marines, Mark,…
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