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Surname: BLACKBURN
Forename(s): Arthur Dean
Place of Birth: Wray, Lancashire
Service No: 266173
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2/4th Battalion
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: 18
Date of Death: 1918-08-30
Awards: M.M.
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IV. A. 2.
CWGC Cemetery: GOMIECOURT SOUTH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: WRAY, LANCASHIRE
Additional Information:
Arthur Dean Blackburn was the son of Thomas and Agnes Blackburn, née Lucas. Thomas was born at Golgotha, Lancaster and Agnes at Wray, Lancashire.
1901 Wray with Botton, Lancashire Census: 4, Main Street - Arthur D. Blackburn, aged 1 year, born Wray, son of Thomas and Agnes Blackburn.
1911 Low Bentham, Yorkshire Census: 4, The Terrace - Arthur Dian [sic] Blackburn, aged 11 years, born Wray, Lancashire, son of Thomas and Agnes Blackburn.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Sgt Arthur D. Blackburn, 266173, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Sgt Arthur Dean Blackburn, 266173, 2/6 W. Rid. R.; 266173, 2/4 W. Rid. R. K. in A. 30.8.18. [Arthur may well have been transferred to the 2/4th Bn when the 2/6th Bn was disbanded on the 31 January 1918.]
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Sgt Arthur Dean Blackburn, 266173, 2/4th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 30.8.18 France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother - Agnes. £17 9s. 7d. Father - Thomas. £20 10s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Arthur. Name(s) on card(s): Mr Thomas Blackburn. Deceased. Address: 9, Rushton Avenue, Earby via Colne. Claimant: Agnes Blackburn. Relationship to man: Mother. Address: 6, Cheapside, Low Bentham, Yorks.
The entry for Arthur Dean Blackburn is duplicated in the CPGW book on the same page.
See also:
‘Bentham’s Part in the Great War 1914-18’ by Allan and Marilyn Hartley (2019).
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
BLACKBURN, Sergeant Arthur Dean, aged 18, West Riding Regiment, Rushton Avenue, [Earby], killed in action Aug. 30, 1918.
BLACKBURN, Sergeant Arthur, aged 19, [Earby], West Riding Regiment, son of Private Thos. Blackburn, Bentham, killed Aug. 30, 1918.
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Sergeant Arthur Dean BLACKBURN
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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Gomiecourt South Cemetery
Courtesy of Allan Hartley, High Bentham
Gomiecourt South Cemetery
CWGC Headstone
Courtesy of Allan Hartley, High Bentham
The High & Low Bentham men who gave their lives
Top row (l-r): Rfn Ernest Knight Newhouse, Pte John Thornber, Reverend Theodore Bayley Hardy, Pte Richard Wilson, Pte Maurice Richard Bolton, Lieut John Barclay Clibborn, Pte William Throup, Pte Richard Wilcock Carr, A/Cpl William Robinson, Pte James Auton, Pte William Savage. Third row (l-r): L/Cpl David Percival Dixon, Pte John Emmott, Pte Francis Richard Townson, Pte John Adamthwaite, Pte Robert Carter, L/Cpl John Hutchinson, Pte Alfred Edward Gunn, Pte Ezra Stephenson, Pte Edwin Rawlinson Smith, Pte Richard Wearing, Lieut Basil William Ramsbotton. Third row (l-r): Spr Robert Clark, Act L/Cpl Thomas Wilcock, Cpl William Carr, Pte Lawrence Lancelot Dowbiggin, Pte Edward Magoolagan, Pte Isaac Rucastle, Pte Henry Taylor, Cpl Edward Ramskill, L/Cpl Edward Walton Briscoe, Pte Joseph Jackson, Gnr Ernest Wilcock. Fourth row (l-r): Capt Donald Morrison, Sgt Arthur Dean Blackburn, Pte James William Bell, Pte Leonard Nelson, L/Cpl John Edward Leeming, L/Cpl Albert Lister, Pte Percy Preston Whitfield, Cpl Tom Harry Smith, Cpl Thomas Walker Sanderson, Sgt William Patrick Tobin, Pte (Signaller) W. Wilkinson.
Courtesy of the artist, David Hartnup
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13 September 1918
BLACKBURN - Killed in action in France, August 20th, Sergeant Arthur Dean Blackburn, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, aged 18 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Blackburn, 9 Rushton Avenue, Earby.
20 September 1918
HIGH BENTHAM - A Bentham Soldier Killed
Sergeant Arthur Blackburn (19), of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, is officially reported killed in action on the 30th August last. He was badly wounded in the abdomen and died almost immediately. He was the son of Private Thomas Blackburn, late of Wray, and recently of Bentham. Deceased was brought up at Wray and was educated at Wray and Bentham Schools. He volunteered for service in 1915, when he was only sixteen. His father also volunteered in 1914, and was in the 'Duke's' until owing to age he was transferred to a Labour Battalion. He was a stone mason by trade, and worked for Mr. Nicholas Harrison, at Bentham.
29 August 1919
BLACKBURN - In loving memory of Sergeant Arthur Dean Blackburn, 2/4th Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment, who was killed in action, August 30th, 1918, aged 18 years.
"Peace, perfect peace, with loved ones far away."
From his Brother and Sister, Lowgill Post Office.
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13 September 1918
BLACKBURN - Killed in action in France Aug. 30th, Sergt. Arthur Dean Blackburn, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, aged 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Blackburn, of Rushton Avenue, Earby.
20 September 1918
Bentham Soldier Killed
Sergt. Arthur Blackburn (19), of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, is officially reported killed in action on
20th August. He was badly wounded in the abdomen and died almost immediately. He was the son of Pte. Thos. Blackburn, late of Wray, and recently of Bentham. Deceased was brought up at Wray and was educated at Wray and Bentham. He volunteered for service in 1915 when he was only 16. His father also volunteered in 1914, and was in the 'Duke's' until owing to his age he was transferred to a labour battalion. He was a mason and worked for Mr. Nicholas Harrison at Bentham.
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