Louis Block

1918 - 1940  (21 years)

• Name	Louis Block
  Birth	Jul-Sep 1918	Mile End, Stepney, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Note	19 Aug 1935
  		Louis Block (aged about 17) Taken on 19 August 1935.
  Military Service	1940
  	Infantry soldier. Private. 4th Battalion. Royal Berkshire Regiment 5340010
  		Louis Bloch Aged 18
  Death	26 May 1940	Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  	Dunkirk was the scene of the historic evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from France from 26 May to 4 June 1940. Louis Bloch Private 5340010 4th Bn., Royal Berkshire Regiment was killed in action on Sunday 26th May 1940 on the first day of the evacuation of Dunkirk. There was a family verbal account that Louis was killed aged 18 having lied about his age so he could enlist without obtaining his parents' consent. This account is untrue, as he was about 22 year of age when he was killed.
  		We Will Remember Them (1989). Written by Henry Morris, edited by Gerald Smith. Louis Block is included in this record of the 2,000 Jews who died serving in the British armed forces 1939-1945.
  Burial	Aft 26 May 1940	Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  	DUNKIRK MEMORIAL, Nord, France. Column 111. The DUNKIRK MEMORIAL stands a the entrance to the Commonwealth War Graves section of Dunkirk Town Cemetery. It commemorates more than 4,500 casualties of the British Expeditionary Force who died in the campaign of 1939-40 and who have no known grave. The memorial was designed by Philip Hepworth. The engraved glass panel depicting the evacuation was by John Hutton.
  		Louis Block inscription on the Dunkirk War memorial. Inscribed in column 111. Plot: Column 111
  Person ID	I413	UK Thrale family
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Jacob Bloch,   b. Between 16 Dec 1879 and 15 Dec 1880, Tallinn, Harju, Estonia d. Jan-Mar 1935, Stepney, Middlesex, England (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Klatzow,   b. 20 May 1880, Saint Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia d. Jul-Sep 1940, Stepney, Middlesex, England (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	16 Dec 1902	Jews Synagogue (The Great Synagogue), Leeds, Yorkshire, England   [2, 3]
  	Married at Ashville House, Camp Road, Leeds. Jewish ceremony at Jews Synagogue (The Great Synagogue), Belgrave Street, Leeds. Marriage authorisation gives surname as Klotzor.
  		Marriage certificate
  		Marriage authorisation from Chief Rabbi UK
  Photos » Slide Show		Benjamin and Rebecca Bloch née Klatzow
  		Benjamin and Rebecca Bloch née Klatzow
  		Rebecca Bloch née Klatzow and Benjamin Jacob Bloch.
  Family ID	F183	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Jul-Sep 1918 - Mile End, Stepney, Middlesex, England Death - 26 May 1940 - Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Burial - Aft 26 May 1940 - Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S72] England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2005, 1c 393. [S14] Free BMD, (http://www.freebmd.org.uk/), District: Leeds. Vol: 9b. Page: 1008. [S22] Web, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sherry/brides_k.htm.