Memorial
Second Lieutenant F Blackburn
The cross
Source: Copyright David Long
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Current Location
Birkdale Cemetery, Liverpool Road (A565), Birkdale, Southport, Sefton, Merseyside, PR8 3BN, England
OS Grid Reference
SD 32136 12928
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Addition to gravestone
- WMR Reference Number
- 94450
- Description
- Fleury Portland cross with the Christogram IHS at the crossing, on a battered plinth set on a single step. The inscription is leaded.
- Inscription
- .../ Also of/ 2nd Lieut. Frank Blackburn,/ 5th East Lancashire Regiment./ Killed in Action at Cheluvelt,/ France. Oct. 25th 1917,/ Aged 23 years./ ....
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- Rank, forename, surname, unit, manner, place, country, and date of death, age
- Order of names
- As above
- Custodian
- Sefton Council
Components
- Cross
Made from: Stone - Portland
Condition: Good