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Stoker Mechanic GEORGE BIRD

Service Number: D/KX806697
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Porlock Bay

Date of Death

Died 01 October 1947

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MIAMI (WOODLAWN PARK NORTH) CEMETERY

Sect. 6, Lot 163, Grave 13.

United States of America

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas H. and Sarah M. Bird, of Hill Top, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England.
  • Personal Inscription THE ANGELS TOOK HIM GENTLY AND BORE HIM UP THE STEEP THE GOLDEN GATES CLOSED AND WE ARE LEFT TO WEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

MIAMI (WOODLAWN PARK NORTH) CEMETERY
Florida United States of America
Number of casualties: 13
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