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Name: James BLACKBURN
Casualty No.: Ranks: Lance Corporal Initials: J Service No.: 227062
Date of Birth : - Place of Birth : Prudhoe, Northumberland. Age at Death: 32
Unit: 1st Bn Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Former Unit(s):
Place Enlisted: Prudhoe, Northumberland.
Place of Residence: West Wylam, Northumberland.
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Previous Address:
Civilian Employment:
How Died: Killed in action
Date of Death: Tuesday 8th October 1918
Place of Death:
Battle/Campaign: Battles of the Hindenburg Line, France, 1918. Battle of Cambrai, France, 8th - 9th October 1918.
Locally Commemorated: -
UK Commemorated: -
Overseas Commemorated: -
Buried: Forenville Military Cemetery, France.
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Photographs: 0
Service Records: No
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Family Details:
Son of Thomas and Hannah Blackburn of West Wylam. Husband of Margaret Ann Blackburn of Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland.
Notes :
Sources Used: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.
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