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Private ALEXANDER BIRSE

Service Number: 251402
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

5th/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY

III. E. 5.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Birse; husband of Bella Birse, of 355, Leith Walk, Leith, Edinburgh. Native of Edinburgh.

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Buried or commemorated at

COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1673
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