Eighth Generation

97. Lieutenant Colonel Sidney Clive BLABER was born in 1904 in Devizes, Wiltshire, England.^637,638,639 He lived at Shirley at Devizes Wick in Devizes, Wiltshire, England in 1911.⁴⁹¹ In 1918 he was a Cadet in the Army Service Corps.⁶⁴⁰ On 30th September 1918, Sidney was promoted to Temporary 2nd Lieutenant.
Sidney served in the Army from 1 January 1925 to 26 November 1944.^494,641 He served in the Royal Artillery, unit Cdg. 133 Lt. A.A. Regiment. His Service Number was 31530. He served in the Western Europe Campaign 1944. He died in World War II on 26 November 1944 at the age of 40 in Antwerp, Belgium.^{641,642,643,644} He died during the Western Europe Campaign. He was buried in Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerp, Belgium.⁴⁹⁴ Sidney had his estate probated on 9 July 1945 in Manchester, England.⁶⁴⁴ Probate was granted to his widow, Diana Marion BLABER. Effects £670 16s 0d.

Lieutenant Colonel Sidney Clive BLABER and Diana Marion HARTWELL were married on 30 April 1934 in Kingsclere, Hampshire, England.^487,494,645 Diana Marion HARTWELL was born on 25 August 1912.^{487,646,647,648} She emigrated on 26 September 1916 to Bombay, India.⁶⁴⁹ Diana was accompanied by her Nurse, Miss E S Ford (24). She lived at 72 Cornwall Gardens in London, England in 1929–30 June 1933.^646,650 Diana emigrated on 11 December 1929 to Bombay, India.⁶⁴⁶ She appears to have been unaccompanied on this voyage. She immigrated on 29 June 1933 from Rangoon, Burma.⁶⁵¹ She sailed alone on the SS Bhamo. Her previous permanent residence was stated as Burma. She died about March 2000 at the age of 87 in Islington, London, England.⁶⁵²

Lieutenant Colonel Sidney Clive BLABER-5995 and Diana Marion HARTWELL-5996 had the following children: