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Lance Corporal ARTHUR EDWARD BLACKNELL

Service Number: 11941
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 September 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY

II. L. 27.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Albert and Annie Blacknell, of 9, Cross St., Arnold, Notts.; husband of Olive Martin (formerly Blacknell), of Birsay, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription FONDLY REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1990
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