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Rifleman THOMAS HERBERT BIRKS

Service Number: R/15414
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1916

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE

II. A. 54.

France

LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE, France: headstone of Rifleman Thomas Herbert Birks (courtesy of Andrew Holmes)._x000B_Taken from the forthcoming book "Somme - 141 Days, 141 Lives" by Alexandra Churchill with Andrew Holmes, published in June 2016 by The History Press.

Photographer: Andrew Holmes

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of S. E. Birks, of 76, Moore St., Sheffield.
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Buried or commemorated at

LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 896
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