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Rifleman HERBERT WILLIAM BLACKMAN

Service Number: S/15952
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XI. I. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred George and Mary Ann Hayward Blackman, of 35, Erlanger Rd., New Cross Gate, London.
  • Personal Inscription WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER

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Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5523
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