Tour Scotland Photograph Leslie Dewing Blackburn Window St John's Church Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of the Leslie Dewing Blackburn memorial stained glass window on visit to St John's Church in Edinburgh, Scotland. In Loving Memory of Leslie Dewing Blackburn, Captain in 2nd Battalion, Cameronians, Scottish Rifles, and youngest son of the late Robert Blackburn Esq. Advocate. Died October 23rd 1899 from wounds received at Tuli, South Africa while serving with the Rhodesian Regiment against the Boers. Aged 34.

Blackburn is a surname of English origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its frequency was highest in Yorkshire, followed by Cumberland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Northumberland, County Durham and Norfolk, England. In all other British counties, its frequency was below national average.



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