Serjeant JOSEPH FRANK BROOKES BIRKIN
Service Number: 1115
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Leicestershire Regiment
1st/5th Bn.
Date of Death
Died 25 September 1915
Age 22 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Joseph and Sarah Ann Calvert Birkin, of 12, Freehold St., Quorn, Leicestershire.
- Personal Inscription BELOVED SON & BROTHER GREATER LOVE HAS NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
- N.B. Recent research has shown that Serjeant Birkin is buried here. Please contact the Commission for further details. Please note that this casualty was previously commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
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