Monday 16 May 2016

George Blackshaw 1895 - 1918

Born: 6 April 1895 and baptised 9 May 1895 at St Mary's Church, Barnsley

Son of: Ernest Blackshaw engine tenter at dyeworks, 10 Rockingham Square Foundry Street, who was married at St Mary's on 10 June 1893 to Emma Micklethwaite

Position in family: The second of 8 children
1. Maggie born and died June 1893
2. George born 1895 WW1 killed 21 March 1918
3. Mary born abt 1897
4. Thomas baptised 26 October 1899
5. Kate born abt 1902
6. Alice baptised 27 July 1905
7. Arthur baptised 4 December 1908
8. Joseph Edward born 23 November 1910

Home address, age and occupation:
1901: 47 Smithies Lane, aged 5
1911: 10 Rockingham Square Foundry Street,aged 16, a miner's trammer at colliery
1915: 34 Princess Street aged 20 miner

Marriage: to Ellen Grainger at St Mary's 12 August 1916
Children: 1. George Blackshaw Grainger born 8 May 1916, died 30 August 1916

Military Service:
Enlisted: 28 September 1915 at Silkstone aged 20 years 170 days
Regiment and Battalion: 14th  Y & Lancs  2nd battalion
Service number and rank:  1439 promoted L/Corporal 8 March 1917
Awards: Victory and British Medals
Personal information:   5' 4½" tall, 35" chest

Death: 21 March 1918 aged 22
CWGC Remembered: Arras Memorial   Bay 8

Remembered:
St George's Memorial Plaque and St Luke's Worsborough Common

Notes:
More information is available about this man on request

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