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Rifleman J BLACKNELL

Service Number: 61680
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

51st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 February 1920

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

VI. B. 15.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Annie Blacknell, of 59, Hargon Rd., Plumstead, London.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON, MY SOLDIER BOY SLEEP ON GOD BE WITH MY LONELY SON
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3324
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