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Name: David Thacker Marriott BLACKBURN
Casualty No.: Ranks: Private Initials: D T M Service No.: 10043
Date of Birth : - Place of Birth : Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Age at Death: 24
Unit: 14th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers (Pioneers).
Former Unit(s):
Place Enlisted: Newburn on Tyne, Northumberland.
Place of Residence:
Home Address:
Previous Address:
Civilian Employment: Addison Colliery, Co. Durham.
How Died: Killed in action
Date of Death: Sunday 20th February 1916
Place of Death: Armentieres sector, France.
Battle/Campaign:
Locally Commemorated: Addison Colliery War Memorial, Co. Durham.
UK Commemorated: Blaydon War Memorial, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham. St Cuthberta's Church, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Overseas Commemorated: Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France.
Buried:
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Photographs: 0
Service Records: No
Death Notice/Obituary: Blaydon Courier, page 8, 11th March 1916.
Family Details:
Son of the late John and Isabella Blackburn of Lemington, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Husband of Sarah Elizabeth of 9 Cuthbert Square, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Notes :
Sources Used: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.
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