Private
BORN HULL 1887. SON OF BENJAMIN BLACKBURN AND ELIZABETH JACKSON, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HIS SISTER LIVED AT 2GREEN LANE CRESCENT, GREEN LANE, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY. "HE HAD EXTRAORDINARY GOOD WORK THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN AND WAS UNIVERALLY POPULAT AMONGST HIS COMREADES." HE WAS KILLED RESCUING A WOUN […]