Private BLACKETT, WILSON
Service Number 14070
Died 29/11/1915
Aged 18
2nd Bn. Border Regiment
Son of Thomas & Mary Ann (Watson) Blackett of Rosey Hill Farm, Catterick Bridge, Yorks
Brother of Metcalfe Blackett
Wilson Blackett was born in late 1896 at Blackwell near Darlington, the son of Thomas Blackett, a foreman mason, and his wife Mary Ann Watson, who married in 1879.
Thomas and Mary Ann had nine children, seven boys and two girls, born between 1880 and 1902. The censuses and birth records show that the family lived in various places, the children being born in different locations in the north-east England including Byker in Northumberland and Kirkby Ravensworth in North Yorkshire. In 1901, Thomas and Mary Ann lived at Springfield House, close to St Paul's Church, North Road, Darlington with eight of their children, but at the time of the 1911 census the family lived at Rosey Hill Farm, near Catterick.
Wilson Blackett's service record does not survive, but his Medal Index Card shows that on 5 October 1915 he entered France to join the battalion.
The Battalion War Diary records that a group of fifty trained recruits and an officer joined the battalion on this date, while engaged in the Battle of Loos. This would have followed basic training in England so we can assume that Wilson enlisted during the early months of 1915, quite possibly on or soon after his 18th birthday.
Two months after arriving in France, Wilson Blackett was dead.
Service Number 14070
Died 29/11/1915
Aged 18
2nd Bn. Border Regiment
Son of Thomas & Mary Ann (Watson) Blackett of Rosey Hill Farm, Catterick Bridge, Yorks
Brother of Metcalfe Blackett
Wilson Blackett was born in late 1896 at Blackwell near Darlington, the son of Thomas Blackett, a foreman mason, and his wife Mary Ann Watson, who married in 1879.
Thomas and Mary Ann had nine children, seven boys and two girls, born between 1880 and 1902. The censuses and birth records show that the family lived in various places, the children being born in different locations in the north-east England including Byker in Northumberland and Kirkby Ravensworth in North Yorkshire. In 1901, Thomas and Mary Ann lived at Springfield House, close to St Paul's Church, North Road, Darlington with eight of their children, but at the time of the 1911 census the family lived at Rosey Hill Farm, near Catterick.
Wilson Blackett's service record does not survive, but his Medal Index Card shows that on 5 October 1915 he entered France to join the battalion.
The Battalion War Diary records that a group of fifty trained recruits and an officer joined the battalion on this date, while engaged in the Battle of Loos. This would have followed basic training in England so we can assume that Wilson enlisted during the early months of 1915, quite possibly on or soon after his 18th birthday.
Two months after arriving in France, Wilson Blackett was dead.
Private BLACKETT, WILSON
Service Number 14070
Died 29/11/1915
Aged 18
2nd Bn. Border Regiment
Son of Thomas & Mary Ann (Watson) Blackett of Rosey Hill Farm, Catterick Bridge, Yorks
Brother of Metcalfe Blackett
Wilson Blackett was born in late 1896 at Blackwell near Darlington, the son of Thomas Blackett, a foreman mason, and his wife Mary Ann Watson, who married in 1879.
Thomas and Mary Ann had nine children, seven boys and two girls, born between 1880 and 1902. The censuses and birth records show that the family lived in various places, the children being born in different locations in the north-east England including Byker in Northumberland and Kirkby Ravensworth in North Yorkshire. In 1901, Thomas and Mary Ann lived at Springfield House, close to St Paul's Church, North Road, Darlington with eight of their children, but at the time of the 1911 census the family lived at Rosey Hill Farm, near Catterick.
Wilson Blackett's service record does not survive, but his Medal Index Card shows that on 5 October 1915 he entered France to join the battalion.
The Battalion War Diary records that a group of fifty trained recruits and an officer joined the battalion on this date, while engaged in the Battle of Loos. This would have followed basic training in England so we can assume that Wilson enlisted during the early months of 1915, quite possibly on or soon after his 18th birthday.
Two months after arriving in France, Wilson Blackett was dead.
Service Number 14070
Died 29/11/1915
Aged 18
2nd Bn. Border Regiment
Son of Thomas & Mary Ann (Watson) Blackett of Rosey Hill Farm, Catterick Bridge, Yorks
Brother of Metcalfe Blackett
Wilson Blackett was born in late 1896 at Blackwell near Darlington, the son of Thomas Blackett, a foreman mason, and his wife Mary Ann Watson, who married in 1879.
Thomas and Mary Ann had nine children, seven boys and two girls, born between 1880 and 1902. The censuses and birth records show that the family lived in various places, the children being born in different locations in the north-east England including Byker in Northumberland and Kirkby Ravensworth in North Yorkshire. In 1901, Thomas and Mary Ann lived at Springfield House, close to St Paul's Church, North Road, Darlington with eight of their children, but at the time of the 1911 census the family lived at Rosey Hill Farm, near Catterick.
Wilson Blackett's service record does not survive, but his Medal Index Card shows that on 5 October 1915 he entered France to join the battalion.
The Battalion War Diary records that a group of fifty trained recruits and an officer joined the battalion on this date, while engaged in the Battle of Loos. This would have followed basic training in England so we can assume that Wilson enlisted during the early months of 1915, quite possibly on or soon after his 18th birthday.
Two months after arriving in France, Wilson Blackett was dead.
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