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Walter Blackburn

Details

Forename Walter
Surname Blackburn
Middle Name
Memorial Golborne Cenotaph
Age 24
Address
Parents' Address 14 Nangreave St, Firs Lane, Westleigh
Township Leigh
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Golborne Collieries coalminer hewer
Regiment Lancashire Fusiliers 11th Batt
Day of Death 10
Month of Death April
Year of Death 1918
Cause of Death Missing In action
Place of Burial Ploegsteert Memorial
Regiment Number 9746
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Son of Wilfred and Margaret.
Also remembered in St Thomas Church.
Death accepted in 1919.
LJ 25/10/18 - missing and parents asking for info
CWGC, Ancestry and LJ 25/7/19