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Private HARRY BIRKBY

Service Number: 1709
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 November 1915

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TALANA FARM CEMETERY

III. E. 5.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joe and Mary Jane Birkby, of 25, South St., West Parade, Halifax. Native of Moor End, Cleckheaton.
  • Personal Inscription HE IS NOT DEAD HE LIVES AND LOVES NEVER FORGOTTEN BY HIS MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

TALANA FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 531
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