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Private WILLIAM ROBERT BIRKETT

Service Number: 19/1007
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

"D" Coy. 19th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 October 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVESNES-LE-COMTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. B. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Nephew of James Birkett, of 1 13, Parker St., Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
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Buried or commemorated at

AVESNES-LE-COMTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 337
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