Private Gilbert Blackburn
27145 4th Liverpool Regiment
Killed in Action 18th August 1916
Enlisted in Burnley
Lived at 58 Bracewell Street, Nelson
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
Burnley Express 26th August 1916

Killed Seven Germans
Account of Nelson Man’s Heroism (Burnley News)

The death in action is unofficially reported of Private Gilbert Blackburn (18), King’s Liverpool Regiment, whose parents reside at 29, Water Street, Nelson. A comrade states that he was shot through the head and killed instantly.