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Driver JAMES NELSON BLACKBURN

Service Number: 2072672
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

276 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 04 June 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY

5. B. 2.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Nelson Blackburn and Jeanie Blackburn; husband of Hannah Blackburn, of Ayr.
  • Personal Inscription WE LOVED YOU SO MUCH AND SPEAK OF YOU OFTEN GOD BLESS YOU, JIM YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1830
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