Solomon Blain

Rifleman Solomon Blain, MM was a soldier of the British Army who died during the First World War.
He was born c. 1873, in Russia, the son of Mrs A.D. Blain, though claimed his birthplace as Blackburn on his enlistment in the army. At the time of the 1911 Census, Blain was working as a picture framing traveller while living with his Russian-born wife, Jane, and two children at 32 Larkhill Terrace, Blackburn.
Blain died on 27 July 1916, during the Somme Offensive on the Western Front, while serving with the 1st Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps. He was awarded a posthumous Military Medal in early August.The London Gazette (29701), p. 7886, 10 August 1916. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
He has no known grave and is commemorated by the Thiepval Memorial.
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==References==
*Ancestry.co.uk.
*Blain, Solomon, cwgc.org. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
Category:Birth Date Unknown
Category:1916 deaths
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Category:Russian military personnel
Category:British Army
Category:British people of Jewish descent
Category:British people of Russian descent
Category:Burial Unknown
Category:Thiepval Memorial
Category:Rifleman