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Private JOE BIRTWISTLE

Service Number: 200796
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

2nd/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 March 1918

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HONNECHY BRITISH CEMETERY

II. C. 69.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jacob and Jane Birtwistle; husband of Annie Birtwistle, of 37, Burnley Rd., Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

HONNECHY BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 455
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