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Private WILLIAM JOSEPH BIRCH

Service Number: 202173
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 August 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

XXII. P. 19.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of L. M. Birch, of Yew Tree Cottages, Farnham Common, Bucks.
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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