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Lance Corporal ALFRED BIRTWISTLE

Service Number: 18035
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots Fusiliers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 March 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot I. Row E. Grave 14.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John James and Sarah Elizabeth Birtwistle, of 53, Sultan St., Accrington, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF THE BEST

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Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 249
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