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Private WILLIAM BLACKBURN

Service Number: 40581
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

"B" Coy. 6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 June 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

V. B. 88.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie Wilson Blackburn, of 11, Webster St., Bridgeton, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3548
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