Private 16624 John Frederick BLACKSHAW

Private 16624 John Frederick Blackshaw{gallery}Pte J F Blackshaw{/gallery}1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Formerly Pte 18838 3rd Hussars
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 28th June 1917, aged 20

• Commemorated: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 19 to 21
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of [late] Fred and Hannah Maria Blackshaw. Hannah married Peter Bloor in 1909
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Over Whitacre
• Other Memorial: Coleshill Grammar School Memorial
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Blackshaw
• NNWFHS Over Whitacre Memorial Page
• Coleshill School Memorial
• Pozieres Memorial
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born 11 Jul 1897 in Marton, near Congleton, Cheshire
  
• Lived at Holt Hall, Over Whitacre
  
• John was a schoolboy in1911 at Coleshill Grammar School
• First Active duty was on 17 Aug 1915