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Gunner WILFRED BLACKBURN

Service Number: 1802117
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

63 Medium Regt.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1944

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY

III. G. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joe and Mary Ann Blackburn, of Lockwood, Huddersfield.
  • Personal Inscription A SOLDIER BORN AND TRUE HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ME AND YOU. EVER REMEMBERED. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 809
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