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Second Lieutenant ANDREW SMITH BIRRELL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES

VI. B. 21.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Andrew and Kate Birrell, of Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire; husband of Katherine Hutton Young Wright Birrell, of 199, Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1644
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