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Robert Charles Blackburn
1879 - 27/11/1919
Source: Bromley & District Times
Other Memorials: National School (now Parish School)
Place of birth: Bromley, Kent
Last known address in Bromley: 53 Foxbury Road
Last known address in Bromley: 53 Foxbury Road
Military information
Regiment/Service: Queen's Own Royal West Kent RegimentBattalion/Ship: 1st/4th Bn
Rank: Private
Number: 201823
Family information
Parents: Henry & Fanny Blackburn (nee Doe)Parents' occupation: Tailor
Siblings: George Henry, Alfred Morley, Ethel Harriette, Fanny Elizabeth, Catherine Mary (Kitty), Christopher Thomas, Harry, Ada May, Florence Mary, Joseph Arthur
Wife: Beatrice Whitmarsh
Marriage date: 1902
Children: May
Census information
1891Address: 15 Heathfield Road
1901
Address: Kingswood Lodge, Shortlands
Occupation: Gardener
1911
Address: 53 Foxbury Road
Occupation: Jobbing gardener
Extra details
Robert was the seventh of Henry and Fanny Blackburn's eleven children. He attended the National School before becoming a jobbing gardener. In 1902 he married Beatrice Whitmarsh, they had one daughter.
Robert joined the Royal West Kents in 1916 and spent his time in India. He was returning home from India when he was taken ill off of Gibraltar. He landed at Devonport on 21st November and was taken straight to Devonport hospital where he died on the 27th.>/p>
Additional photographs
Source: Bromley (Plaistow) Cemetery
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