Ernest Calvert Blackburn is remembered on his family's gravestone |
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Grave Location and Inscription:
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In loving memory of / Walter George Blackburn born August 15th1853 / Died January 14th 1895 / Also Eleanor Miles Blackburn / wife of the above and daughter / of the late Miles and Sarah Calvert / born July 12th 1860 died May 3rd 1908 / Also Ernest Calvert Blackburn / L'ce Corpl. Y & L Regt. / son of the above killed in action near / Armentieres France / May 24th 1915 aged 24 years.
Ernest Calvert Blackburn is remembered on the St Marys Church War Memorial Barnsley
Ernest buried in Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France and is commemorated on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.
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