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Private JOHN WILLIE BIRMINGHAM

Service Number: 5/3463
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 July 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL

I. D. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Brother of Nellie Birmingham, of 32, Cross Grove St., Huddersfield. Native of Huddersfield.
  • Personal Inscription HE ANSWERED HIS COUNTRY'S CALL
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Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1288
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