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Rifleman A BLACKBURN

Service Number: 1658
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 May 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ

III. C. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Edith Marian Blackburn, of 6, Titchborne St., Edgware Rd., London.
  • Personal Inscription HIS HEART FOR HIS HOME HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY HIS SOUL FOR GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 7661
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