|
Portadown's Dead from
The Great War 1914-18
Hugh Blacker
Lance Corporal, Blacker, H.
15780
6th Royal Irish Fusiliers
who died on
28th August 1915
Additional Information:
Son of the late Henry Blacker and Annie Murphy,
of John Street, Portadown, Co. Armagh
|
|
| Grave or Reference Panel Number:
|
Portadown News: 4th September 1914:
The remains of Lance Corporal Hugh Blacker arrived in Portadown on Sunday night. He was seriously wounded at the front, and subsequently died in Natley hospital. The funeral took place on Monday to Drumcree R.C. burying ground, and was largely attended. A good many soldiers followed the remains, and the coffin was covered with the Union Jack. Deceased volunteered for service towards the end of last year. At the graveside, Rev. F. Kerr, C.C., paid an eloquent tribute to the deceased soldier's devotion to duty and the noble example he had set in joining the Army to fight for his King and country in the terrible struggle in which the empire is at present involved. Hugh's brother Henry was also lost during the war.
Compiled by Ken Austin from information supplied by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. www.cwgc.org. Our thanks to Richard Edgar for Additional Information.
We make this information freely available to genealogists and Family Historians, but at no time may this information be used on a pay site or sold for profit.
|
|
|
|