The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J S Blackburn

Private Joseph Septimus BLACKBURN, G/20378, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, 24th August 1918. age 32.

Born Thornton, Lancashire, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Blackburn.

29th June 1908, Parish Church, Thornton, marriage of Joseph Septimus Blackburn, & Jessie Bennett, spinster of Raikes Road, Little Thornton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Blackpool, Lancashire.

Children - Elizabeth Blackburn, born 11th April 1913, Thornton; Joseph Blackburn, born 5th February 1915, Thornton.

1911 Census - Rose Cottage, Thornton Fylde - Thomas Blackburn, head, age 69, married, market gardener, born Thornton, Lancashire; Elizabeth Blackburn, wife, age 67, married 49 years, 11 children, 7 still alive, born Thornton, Lancashire; Thomas Blackburn, son, age 29, married, chauffeur, born Thornton, Lancashire; Joseph Septimus Blackburn, son, age 25, married, gardener, born Thornton, Lancashire; Jessie Blackburn, daughter in law, age 24, married 4 years, no children, born Thornton, Lancashire.

Enlisted Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, age 29, height 5ft 5½ inches. Resided Raikes Road, Little Thornton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Blackpool, Lancashire. Formerly market gardener.

Home 10th December 1915 to 29th October 1917; BEF 30th October 1917 to 24th August 1918.

10th December 1915, enlisted; 11th December 1915 to Army Reserve; 6th June 1917, mobilized & posted Loyal North Lancashire 4th Territorial Force, 204824 ; 29th October 1917, embarked Folkestone; 29th October 1917, disembarked Boulogne; 31st October 1917, transferred to 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd November 1917, joined Battalion; 13th November 1917, with Battalion to Italy; 6th December 1917, returned from Italy; 31st January 1918, 139 Field Ambulance, myalgia; 10th February 1918, 11 General Hospital, trench fever; 8th March 1918, 16 Convalescent Depot, trench fever; 29th May 1918, discharged to Infantry Base Depot; 6th June 1918, posted10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd July 1918, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

23rd March 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 24/6 a week will cease.

24th March 1919, pension of 26/5 a week awarded to widow and two children.

9th April 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Jessie Blackburn, Rose Cottage, Little Thornton, Poulton-le-Fylde; Children - Elizabeth Blackburn, 11th April 1913, Rose Cottage, Little Thornton, Poulton-le-Fylde; Joseph Blackburn, 5th February 1915, Rose Cottage, Little Thornton, Poulton-le-Fylde; Brothers - Robert Blackburn, age 53, 47 Rossine Street, Seaforth, Liverpool; Edward Blackburn, age 50, Rose Cottage, Little Thornton, Poulton-le-Fylde; William Blackburn, age 48, 30 Ship? Street, Little Thornton, Poulton-le-Fylde; Thomas Blackburn, age 38, ???? Cottage, Castleton, Poulton-le-Fylde; Sisters - Mary Ann Haines, age 45, 30 Granville Road, Birkenhead, Liverpool; Jane Bernie?, age 42, 20 Station Road, Poulton-le-Fylde.

Commemorated at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Panel 7, Pas de Calais, France.

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