Private John Albert Blackham

Army Number: 45512

Battalion: 15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Wolverhampton. Son of William and Sarah Blackham, of 62, Shepherd Street, Wolverhampton. He was an errand boy prior to enlisting at Wolverhampton. He was killed in action, 23rd October 1917, in the operations to the south of the Houthulst Forest, Belgium.

Commemorated : Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.

Private John Albert Blackham is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. John’s Church War Memorial, Wolverhampton.