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Sapper WILLIAM BIRCUMSHAW

Service Number: 289228
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

96th Light Railway Operating Coy.

Date of Death

Died 30 December 1917

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

F. 83.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ellen Bircumshaw, of Barlow, Chesterfield; husband of Elizabeth C. Bircumshaw, of 3, Milton St., Mansfield.
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 3066
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