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Trooper DOUGLAS BIRD

Service Number: 558605
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

1st East Riding Yeomanry.

Date of Death

Died 28 May 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OUDEZEELE CHURCHYARD

Grave 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Bertha Bird, of Normanton, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET HIS MEMORY, DEAR HIS NAME, CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS HE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

OUDEZEELE CHURCHYARD
Nord France
Number of casualties: 5
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