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Serjeant JOHN WILLIAM BIRTWISTLE

Service Number: 17864
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

"W" Coy. 11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 June 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LE GRAND HASARD MILITARY CEMETERY, MORBECQUE

Plot 1. Row A. Grave 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Martha Ellen Birtwistle, of Accrington. Husband of Nancy Birtwistle, of 42, Willows Lane, Accrington, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription TO MEMORY EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

LE GRAND HASARD MILITARY CEMETERY, MORBECQUE
Nord France
Number of casualties: 442
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