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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Pendle
- Town
- Nelson
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42616
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Current location
Nelson Cemetery
Walton Road
Nelson
Pendle
Lancashire
BB9 8JH
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 87212 38357
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone
- Inscription
- WILLIAM BLACKBURN D FEB 18 1927 AGE 72/ SARAH HIS WIFE D 27 11 1910 IN HER 57T YEAR/ ALSO THEIR SON GUNNER WALTER BLACKBURN AGE 24 YEARS/ WHO DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE WITH THE INDIAN EXPEDITIONARY/ FORCE, JUNE 2ND 1916, AND WAS INTERRED AT NASIRIYEH/ CEMETERY, MESOPOTAMIA
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Blackburn, Walter
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, forename,regiment, place of burial, manner of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Gravestone
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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