Private John Hicks Blackburn

Army Number: 240387 (formerly 2045)

Battalion: 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Bamford, Derbyshire. Son of  John and Sarah Blackburn; Nephew of Alice Farrow, of Upper End, Peak Dale, Derbyshire. He was a labourer at Buxton Limes Firms prior to enlisting 17th December 1913 at Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire into the 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment. He went to France 28th February 1915 and suffered an injury to his hand and was transferred back to England returning to France 10th June 1917. He was posted to the 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 2nd July 1917 and died of wounds 6th October 1918, aged 21.

Buried: Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France. Div. 62. Plot 5. Row H. Grave 8.

Private John Hicks Blackburn is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Holy Trinty Church War Memorial, Peak Dale, Derbyshire.
Peak Dale Garden of Remembrance War Memorial, Peak Dale, Derbyshire.