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Able Seaman FRED BIRCUMSHAW

Service Number: D/JX214712
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Exeter

Date of Death

Died 10 March 1945

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY

29. D. 7.

Indonesia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank and Rosa Bircumshaw, of Mosborough, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN PEACE HE SLEEPS AND WAITS FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 2147
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