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Private JAMES BIRCHWOOD

Service Number: 32878
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

2nd/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 November 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

V. B. 40.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Martha Ann Birchwood, of Salford, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE HIS LIFE THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2106
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