BORN HULL 1895. SON OF GEORGE FRANCIS BLACKBURN (1868-1929) & ARABELLA ROWAN (1866-1915). ADDRESS FROM HULL DAILY MAIL. RESIDED IN HORNSEA. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN BELGIUM, ON 17/02/1915, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE, MEMORIAL.HE LEFT A SISTER MATILDA JANE, AND BROTHER, GEORGE FREDERICK BLACKBURN.
First name:
FRANCIS HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
9369
Rank:
Private
Date Died
17/02/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
20
