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Sapper THOMAS BODSWORTH BIRTCHNELL

Service Number: 2558
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

1st/3rd Kent Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 08 July 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ENGLEBELMER COMMUNAL CEMETERY

I. B. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Betsy Birtchnell, of 121, Kingston Rd., Oxford, and the late George Birtchnell. Native of Aylesbury, Bucks.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH GONE FROM OUR SIGHT NEVER ABSENT FROM OUR THOUGHTS
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Buried or commemorated at

ENGLEBELMER COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 52
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