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Private WILLIAM EDWARD BIRRELL

Service Number: G/85275
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 October 1918

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN

R. IV. C. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment posted to 3rd Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charlotte Birrell, of 71, Bolton Rd., Windsor, and the late Alexander B. Birrell.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON DEAR SON YOUR WORK IS DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 8685
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