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Surname: BLACKWELL
Forename(s): Leonard
Place of Birth: Garston, Lancashire
Service No: 42119
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: South Staffordshire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 2/6th Battalion
Division: 59th (2/North Midland) Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1918-03-10
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: III. J. 8.
CWGC Cemetery: MORY ABBEY MILITARY CEMETERY, MORY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: DALEHEAD, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SLAIDBURN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Leonard Blackwell was the son of William and Harriett Blackwell, née Barlow. William was born at Slaidburn, Yorkshire and Harriett at Garston, Lancashire.
1901 Garston, Lancashire Census: 25, Window Lane - Leonard Blackwell, aged 2 years, born Garston, son of William and Harriett Blackwell. [William was a Cow Keeper.]
1911 Dalehead, Yorkshire Census: Higher Clough - Leonard Blackwell, aged 12 years, born Garston, Lancashire, son of William and Harriett Blackwell.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Leonard Blackwell, 42119, S. Staff. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Leonard Blackwell, 42119, 2/6 S. Staff. R.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Leonard Blackwell, 42119, 2/6 Bn S. Staffs. Date and Place of Death: 10.3.18 wounds. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - William. £8 16s. 6d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Leonard. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mr Wm Blackwell, born 1872. Relationship: Father. Deceased. Dependant: Harriet Blackwell. Relationship: Mother. Address 1. Higher Clough, Dale Head, Clitheroe. Address 2. 48, York Street, Clitheroe.
A short biography of Leonard is included in: ‘In Love, In Gratitude, In Remembrance – Remembering the Men & Women of Slaidburn, Newton in Bowland, Dunsop Bridge, Dale Head & Tosside’ by Margaret Brenchley (2018).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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Private Leonard BLACKWELL
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: South Staffordshire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 59th (2/North Midland) Division
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Private Leonard Blackwell
Courtesy of Kathleen Seed, Clitheroe
Private Leonard Blackwell and his father
Courtesy of Kathleen Seed, Clitheroe
Harriett Blackwell, née Barlow, the mother of Private Leonard Blackwell
Courtesy of Andrew Mellin
William Blackwell the father of Private Leonard Blackwell
Courtesy of Andrew Mellin
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14 March 1919
BLACKWELL - In loving memory of our dear son, Private Leonard (Leon) Blackwell, 2/6th South Stafford Regiment, who died of wounds in France, March 10th, I918.
We often think of you, dear son,
And our hearts are sad with pain;
All this world would be like Heaven
Could we hear your voice again.
In our home you are fondly remembered,
Sweet memories cling around your name;
True hearts that in life loved you dearly
Will love you in death just the same.
Fondly remembered by Father, Mother, Brother and Sisters and Auntie Bell, Higher Clough Farm, Dale Head.
12 March 1920
BLACKWELL - In loving remembrance of our dear son and brother, Private Leonard (Leon) Blackwell, 2/6th South Staffords Regiment, who died of wounds in France, March 10th, 1918.
Comrades hands, by love made tender,
Laid our loved one 'neath the sod
Where he sleeps with England's heroes
'Neath the watchful care of God.
Forget him, no we never will;
We loved him in life, we love him still;
From memory's page we'd never blot
Those little words "Forget me not."
Fondly remembered by Father, Mother, Brothers and Sister and Auntie Bell, Higher Clough.
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