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Gunner ARTHUR BIRKIN

Service Number: 177074
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

327th Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 19 July 1918

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

IV. D. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Lizzie Birkin, of "Miners' Arms," Eastwood, Notts.
  • Personal Inscription NOT DEATH BUT JUST A PARTING OF THE WAYS
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Buried or commemorated at

VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 586
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