Bid to change war records

A young Cheddar soldier who was one of millions who died in theFirst World War officially did not exist.

Arthur Blakeman's name is carved on war memorial in the centre ofWeston-super-Mare but his service and death in the first battle ofYpres has no official record.

His name does not appear on the Menin Gate, and his existence isnot registered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

What happened to Arthur, the soldier who apparently vanishedwithout a trace, always mystified his family. So when his niece,Jeannette Climmer, from South Gloucestershire, enlisted the help ofWiltshire-based author Richard Broadhead, it was a challenge thatthey thought …