5592 Private John Samuel Blissitt
The Sherwood Foresters [Notts & Derby] Regiment
2nd & 7th Battalions.
The birth of John Samuel Blissitt was registered in Glandford Brigg district, Lincolnshire, in Q4, 1893. He was born at Kirton-in-Lindsey, near Scunthorpe.
His surname is recorded by CWGC as Blissett, but he is named Blissitt on the headstone.
He died in the Easter Rising, which commenced in Dublin on 24th April 1916, during the action that became known as "The Battle of Mount Street Bridge". For further details on this, click on the hyperlink to
Lieut. Montague Bernard Browne
He was an officer in the Sherwood Foresters, who died in the same engagement, and was also buried in this grave.
Death Certificate.
John Blissett, aged 22, a bachelor, of 7, Alfred Street,[unclear], Nottingham, a Private in the 2/7 Battalion of The Notts & Derby Regiment, previously a Saddler, died at Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, Grand Canal Street, Dublin, on 28 April 1916.
The cause of death was Gunshot Wound in the Right Thigh.
His death was registered by a member of the hospital staff on 19 August 1916.
John S. Blissitt is named on the
Kirton in Lindsay War Memorial North Lincolnshire, England.
His name is included in
Deansgrange Cemetery War Memorial
His name is included on
1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall
in Glasnevin Cemetery.
The Sherwood Foresters [Notts & Derby] Regiment
2nd & 7th Battalions.
The birth of John Samuel Blissitt was registered in Glandford Brigg district, Lincolnshire, in Q4, 1893. He was born at Kirton-in-Lindsey, near Scunthorpe.
His surname is recorded by CWGC as Blissett, but he is named Blissitt on the headstone.
He died in the Easter Rising, which commenced in Dublin on 24th April 1916, during the action that became known as "The Battle of Mount Street Bridge". For further details on this, click on the hyperlink to
Lieut. Montague Bernard Browne
He was an officer in the Sherwood Foresters, who died in the same engagement, and was also buried in this grave.
Death Certificate.
John Blissett, aged 22, a bachelor, of 7, Alfred Street,[unclear], Nottingham, a Private in the 2/7 Battalion of The Notts & Derby Regiment, previously a Saddler, died at Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, Grand Canal Street, Dublin, on 28 April 1916.
The cause of death was Gunshot Wound in the Right Thigh.
His death was registered by a member of the hospital staff on 19 August 1916.
John S. Blissitt is named on the
Kirton in Lindsay War Memorial North Lincolnshire, England.
His name is included in
Deansgrange Cemetery War Memorial
His name is included on
1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall
in Glasnevin Cemetery.
5592 Private John Samuel Blissitt
The Sherwood Foresters [Notts & Derby] Regiment
2nd & 7th Battalions.
The birth of John Samuel Blissitt was registered in Glandford Brigg district, Lincolnshire, in Q4, 1893. He was born at Kirton-in-Lindsey, near Scunthorpe.
His surname is recorded by CWGC as Blissett, but he is named Blissitt on the headstone.
He died in the Easter Rising, which commenced in Dublin on 24th April 1916, during the action that became known as "The Battle of Mount Street Bridge". For further details on this, click on the hyperlink to
Lieut. Montague Bernard Browne
He was an officer in the Sherwood Foresters, who died in the same engagement, and was also buried in this grave.
Death Certificate.
John Blissett, aged 22, a bachelor, of 7, Alfred Street,[unclear], Nottingham, a Private in the 2/7 Battalion of The Notts & Derby Regiment, previously a Saddler, died at Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, Grand Canal Street, Dublin, on 28 April 1916.
The cause of death was Gunshot Wound in the Right Thigh.
His death was registered by a member of the hospital staff on 19 August 1916.
John S. Blissitt is named on the
Kirton in Lindsay War Memorial North Lincolnshire, England.
His name is included in
Deansgrange Cemetery War Memorial
His name is included on
1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall
in Glasnevin Cemetery.
The Sherwood Foresters [Notts & Derby] Regiment
2nd & 7th Battalions.
The birth of John Samuel Blissitt was registered in Glandford Brigg district, Lincolnshire, in Q4, 1893. He was born at Kirton-in-Lindsey, near Scunthorpe.
His surname is recorded by CWGC as Blissett, but he is named Blissitt on the headstone.
He died in the Easter Rising, which commenced in Dublin on 24th April 1916, during the action that became known as "The Battle of Mount Street Bridge". For further details on this, click on the hyperlink to
Lieut. Montague Bernard Browne
He was an officer in the Sherwood Foresters, who died in the same engagement, and was also buried in this grave.
Death Certificate.
John Blissett, aged 22, a bachelor, of 7, Alfred Street,[unclear], Nottingham, a Private in the 2/7 Battalion of The Notts & Derby Regiment, previously a Saddler, died at Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, Grand Canal Street, Dublin, on 28 April 1916.
The cause of death was Gunshot Wound in the Right Thigh.
His death was registered by a member of the hospital staff on 19 August 1916.
John S. Blissitt is named on the
Kirton in Lindsay War Memorial North Lincolnshire, England.
His name is included in
Deansgrange Cemetery War Memorial
His name is included on
1916 Easter Rising Memorial Wall
in Glasnevin Cemetery.
Inscription
also
in memory of
Private
J.S. BLISSITT
of Nottingham
2/7 Sherwood Foresters
who fell
at the same time
age 23
"Till He come"
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