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• Name RAMSDEN
• Initials JB
• First name JOSEPH BLACKBURN
• Place of birth Pudsey
• Country Yorks, England
• Family Husband of Betsy Ramsden, 114 Fartown, Pudsey; his son Ernest was killed 18 October 1914; Joseph enlisted afterwards, saying he was 39 although he was at that moment 48 years old;
• Extra info His son Ernest is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial; both are commemorated at the Pudsey Reform Church and on the Pudsey Cenotaph;

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Leeds
• Service number 3/19350
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 8th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
• Division - Brigade 8th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 3rd Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career to France on 7 October 1915

Death

• Wounded 9 March
• Type of wounds Died of head injuries at n° 10 CCS;
• Date of death 10 March 1916
• Died at the age of 49
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery V - B - 19

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