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Private JOHN BLACKBURN

Service Number: 26637
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FIENVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

A. 19.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Blackburn, of 3, Cross St., West Wylam Colliery, Prudhoe, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription A LOVING SON TRUE AND KIND WAS TO US BOTH IN HEART AND MIND
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Buried or commemorated at

FIENVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 124
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