BLACKHURST, John
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Rank:
Rifleman
Unit / Base:
9 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
6920686
Honours & Awards:
Died :
Monday, March 20, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
21
Cemetery/Memorial:
Rifleman John Blackhurst died of wounds during an operation against German forces in the wadis near the Anzio beachhead. Mentioned In Despatches (posthumous) in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Italy. Son of Thomas and Bridget Blackhurst, of Lambeth, London.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/ 73.
London Gazette 36886, page 328.
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