Name
Reginald Vernon Blackburn (DSO & MC)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
29/08/1918
33
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Major
Canadian Infantry
28th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross and Mentioned in Despatches
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
IV. G. 4.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Royal Masonic School Memorial, Rickmansworth
Pre War
Born 25 Jul 1885 son of William Solly Blackburn and Charlotte Blackburn of Broadstairs, Kent. Educated at the Royal Masonic School 1895-1900. He emigrated to Canada and was a farmer near Regina, SK.
Wartime Service
Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in Canada he entered France in 1915, was injured losing his right forefinger in 1916 but returned to the front. MC (1916) awarded at Passchendaele. DSO (1917) “He successfully led his company in a raid under heavy fire. During the operation he rushed a machine-gun single-handed, and killed two and captured three of the enemy, besides the gun.” (The Times). He died in hospital of wounds received three days before.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Old Masonians Association
