John Reginald Blackhurst

1898 - 1916  (18 years)

• Name	John Reginald Blackhurst
  Birth	1898	Crewe, Cheshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Crewe, Cheshire, England   [2]
  	Address: 59 Vincent Street, Monks Coppenhall
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Crewe, Cheshire, England   [3]
  	Address: 10 Beech Grove, Richmond Road
  Occupation	2 Apr 1911  [3]
  	School/Milk delivering
  Military Service	13 Oct 1915	Chester, Cheshire, England   [4]
  	Deserted from the Manchester Regiment to enlist with the Cheshire Regiment Enlisted: 3rd Cheshire Regiment (27866)
  Death	4 Jul 1916	France and Flanders   [4, 5]
  	Name: John Reginald BLACKHURST Rank: PRIVATE Initials: J R Birth place: Crewe, Ches. Enlisted: Crewe Regiment, Corps etc.: Cheshire Regiment Battalion etc.: 9th Battalion. Number: 27866 Date died: 4 July 1916 How died: Killed in action Theatre of war: France and Flanders Supplementary Notes: FORMERLY 3589, MANCHESTER REGT.
  Commemorated	1 Aug 1932	Thiepval, Somme, France   [6, 7]
  	BLACKHURST, JOHN REGINALD Rank: Private Service No: 27866 Date of Death: 04/07/1916 Regiment/Service: Cheshire Regiment 9th Bn. Panel Reference Pier and Face 3 C and 4 A. Memorial THIEPVAL MEMORIAL (Memorial Inaugurated 1 Aug 1932)
  Person ID	I7551	Gilbert
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Richard Williams Blackhurst,   b. 24 Jan 1875, Weaverham, Cheshire, England d. 1953, Manchester, Lancashire, England (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Lucy Mirion Alice Aspinall,   b. 4 Feb 1875, Crewe, Cheshire, England d. 1948, Manchester, Lancashire, England (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1896	Nantwich, Cheshire, England
  Family ID	F2161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1898 - Crewe, Cheshire, England Residence - Address: 59 Vincent Street, Monks Coppenhall - 31 Mar 1901 - Crewe, Cheshire, England Residence - Address: 10 Beech Grove, Richmond Road - 2 Apr 1911 - Crewe, Cheshire, England Military Service - 13 Oct 1915 - Chester, Cheshire, England Death - 4 Jul 1916 - France and Flanders Commemorated - 1 Aug 1932 - Thiepval, Somme, France  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents

  BLACKHURST, John R: World War 1 Medal Index Card World War 1 medal index card for John R BLACKHURST. He was a Private in the Cheshire Regiment, entered the theatre of war in France on 19 Dec 1915 and killed in action on 4 Jul 1916. He was awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal, and the 1914-15 Star. UK, British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 (ancestry.co.uk)

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Births) - England and Wales, Blackhurst, John Reginald; Mother's Maiden Surname: Aspinall; GRO Reference: 1898 S Quarter in NANTWICH Volume 08A Page 355 (accessed 18 Nov 2017). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Blackhurst, John Reginald; Birth year: 1899; Birth town: Crewe; Birth county: Cheshire; Reg dist: Nantwich; Parish: Monks Coppenhall; County: Cheshire; Ref: RG13; Piece: 3358; Folio: 166; Page: 35 (accessed 13 May 2018). [S8] 1911 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Blackhurst, John Reginald; Birth year: 1899; Birth place: Crewe; Reg dist: Nantwich; Parish: Monks Coppenhall; County: Cheshire; Ref: RG14PN21779 RG78PN1297 RD449 SD1 ED27 SN268 (accessed 26 Mar 2018). [S24] UK, British Army WW1 Service Records, 1914-1920 (Ancestry), Blackhurst, Reginald John; Birth: 1898; Location: Crewe, Cheshire (accessed 25 Oct 2018). [S85] Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 (FindMyPast), Blackhurst, John Reginald; 1916; Service number: 27866; Rank: Private; Regiment: Cheshire Regiment (accessed 20 Sep 2018). [S38] Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Blackhurst, John; Country: France; Cemetery or memorial: Thiepval Memorial; Service number: 27866; Regiment: Cheshire Regiment; First World War (accessed 20 Aug 2018). [S163] Wikipedia, Wikipedia contributors, "Thiepval Memorial" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiepval_Memorial) (accessed 16 Dec 2020).