Blinkhorn, Richard –

Of 11, Stopes Road, Little Lever, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted June 1915. Formerly Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Attached 250th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers.

Personal details

  • Surname: Blinkhorn
  • Forename: Richard
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Little Lever, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: Not known
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: June 17th, 1916
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Rifleman
  • Unit: 3rd (Regular) Battalion.
  • Service number: S/13269
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: Not known
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
  • CWGC reference: II. B. 186.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 02/07/1915
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7g
  • Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 30/06/1916 05/01/1917 06/07/1917 23/11/1917

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