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Corporal W BIRRELL

Service Number: 265071
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 May 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST

I. K. 19.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Elizabeth Birrell, of 161, Kidston St., Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription OH! MEMORY'S DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 641
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