BLINKHORN H.

Harry Blinkhorn 

Acting Bombardier 72617

"V" 14th Div. T.M. Bty., Royal Field Artillery

Harry Blinkhorn died on Thursday 24th August 1916, Age 23, and was buried at HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE, Somme, France.

He was born c1893 to parents William and Ellen Blinkhorn. William Blinkhorn was a Lace Hand, who married Ellen Stendall in 1893. At the time of Harry's death they resided at 7 Bowne Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. Harry Blinkhorn was a well-known local runner, and a prominent member of the Sutton Harriers' Club.

Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 23rd August 1918

Blinkhorn - In loving memory of Bombadier Harry Blinkhorn, 14th Division, R.F.A., who died at Heilly on August 24th 1916, from wounds received in Action in France, aged 23 years. He obeyed his country's call, And the Lord received him. - From loving Mother, Father and Brother.

Notts Free Press - Sutton's Roll of Honour - 10th January 1919

Blinkhorn, Bombadier Harry, R. F. A.

From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Field Artillery’

BLINHORN Harry. Enlisted Nottingham (resides Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts). Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Field Artillery, A/Bdr 73617, Died of wounds, France & Flanders, 24th August 1916.

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