Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (British Air Force)
Date Of Birth:
28/05/1918
Died:
20/06/1942 (Died by accident)
Age:
24
Summary
William James Bleeks was the eldest son of Robert and Elizabeth Anna Bleeks. He was born on 28th May 1918 in the Stewartstown area. The family lived at Hawthorn Cottage, Stewartstown. William married and lived in Portdown with ih two children. Prior to enlistment William worked in the Seagoe Hotel in Portadown. William served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in Orkney. He was killed in a motor accident on 20th June 1942.
The cemetery is on the Lurgan road. There are 6 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 9 of the 1939-1945 war here. William James Bleeks is the only person on the Cookstown War Dead.
