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Private WILFRED BIRTLES

Service Number: 15160
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 May 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI

I. K. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James E. and Clara Birtles, of Farnworth, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription THY COMFORT STILLS THE MOURNER'S CRIES AND LOVE IS CROWNED BY SACRIFICE
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Buried or commemorated at

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2515
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