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Private JOHN BIRTWISTLE

Service Number: 203558
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

"B" Coy. 2nd/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 March 1917

Age 50 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BLACKBURN CEMETERY

M. C.E. 7153.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Margaret Ann Birtwistle, of 6, Heyes St., Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

BLACKBURN CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 268
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