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Private JOHN BIRTLES

Service Number: 14053
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1915

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

III. C. 24.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Youngest son of Henry and Annie Birtles, of Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription A NOBLE LIFE A HERO'S DEATH BEYOND THE PEACE ETERNAL
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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