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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM BIRNIE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

2nd/2nd (Highland) Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 14 October 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET

I. A. 15.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the Rev. George Birnie and Margaret Dawson Birnie, of The Manse, Speymouth, Fochabers, Morayshire.
  • Personal Inscription TILL THE DAY BREAK
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Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET
Somme France
Number of casualties: 703
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