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Able Seaman JOHN BIRD

Service Number: C/JX 157105
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Lightning

Date of Death

Died 12 March 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA

VI. E. 13.

Algeria

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Bird, of Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription HE WAS SO YOUNG TO GIVE SO MUCH SO WELL BELOVED WAS HE SO GREATLY MISSED
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Buried or commemorated at

BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA
Algeria
Number of casualties: 888
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