John Young Fillmore Blake | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Officers_of_the_Irish_Brigade_-_false_colour_image.jpg) John Blake alongside officers of the Irish Brigade. Blake stands third from left. | |
| Nickname(s) | Beau |
| Born | October 6, 1856 Bolivar, Missouri, United States |
| Died | January 24, 1907 (aged 50) Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance |  United States South African Republic |
| Branch | United States Army Boer foreign volunteers |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:US_Army_O6_shoulderboard_rotated.svg){kind=small} | Colonel |
| Unit | 6th Cavalry Regiment Navajo Scouts Irish Transvaal Brigade |
| Commands | Irish Transvaal Brigade |
| Battles / wars | |
| Alma mater | United States Military Academy |
| Other work | A West Pointer with the Boers |
John Young Filmore Blake, also known as John Y.F. Blake and J.Y.F. Blake was an Irish-American soldier and writer. He was born October 6, 1856, in Bolivar, Missouri in the United States, and died January 24, 1907, in New York City.[1] Blake served as a foreign volunteer for the Boers of the South African Republic during the Second Boer War.