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Gunner ROBERT BIRD

Service Number: 889060
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

98(The Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry) Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died Between 28 May 1940 and 02 June 1940

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

Plot 8. Row A. Grave 40.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Lilian Bird, of Hoylake, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEPING PEACEFULLY. TILL WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3548
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