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Gunner WILLIAM ARTHUR BIRKS

Service Number: 1918
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

3rd/4th North Midland Howitzer Bde.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONG EATON CEMETERY

B. 33.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Mabel Helen Birks, of 30, South St., Long Eaton.
  • Personal Inscription REST AFTER WEARINESS
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Buried or commemorated at

LONG EATON CEMETERY
Derbyshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 42
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