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Gunner W H BIRKS

Service Number: 50143
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

19th Heavy Bty.

Date of Death

Died 19 October 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CANADA FARM CEMETERY

III. E. 5.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Kate Birks, of 13, Bedford Grove, Eastbourne, Sussex. Native of Lewisham, London.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

CANADA FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 907
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