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Flight Sergeant EDWIN BIRKBY

Service Number: 1437134
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

89 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 12 October 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY, KOLKATA

Plot L. Grave 201.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jack and Alice Birkby, of Great Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription "HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE... BY ALL THEIR COUNTRY'S WISHES BLEST!"
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