BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN EDWARD & SARAH BLACKBURN, OF 33 RICHMOND AVENUE, WATERLOO STREET, AND 8 FERN GARDENS, FERN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A DOCK LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 14/10/1914. DISCHARGED WITH SICKNESS, ON 19/11/1915. DIED IN HULL, ON 01/11/1917, AGED 27. BURIED AT HULL’S HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SARAH.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 20/11/1916.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, EDWARD BLACKBURN, COLDSTREAM GUARDS, WAS KILLED BY A SNIPER, IN 1915
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
2743
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/11/1917
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
27
