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 WOUNDED COMRADE, AT ZILLEBEKE. DIED ON 21/02/1915, AGED 28. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 6TH MARCH 1915. *
UNMARRIED. HE WAS BROTHER, TO GEORGE, LUCY, SARAH JANE,REBECCA ELIZABETH AND LAURA BLACKBURN.
First name:
BENJAMIN HOLMES
Regiment:
Military Number:
6436
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/02/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
28
