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Gunner WILLIAM EDWARD BIRD

Service Number: 3617
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"C" Bty. 69th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 18 July 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

XV. C. 7.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Martha Bird, of Holtspur Rd., Wooburn Green, Bucks.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 7420
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