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Private JOSEPH BIRCH

Service Number: 4607985
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

Date of Death

Died 22 November 1942

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA

VI. A. 15.

Algeria

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and No. 6 Commando
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Eileen Birch, of Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND. ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS. HIS LOVING WIFE AND KIDDIES
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Buried or commemorated at

BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA
Algeria
Number of casualties: 888
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