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Private JAMES ALBERT BIRCH

Service Number: 30285
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 July 1918

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

XV. A. 49.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Birch, of Northampton; husband of Alice Ada Birch, of 48, Cyril St., Northampton.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3324
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