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Lieutenant FRANCIS WILLIAM BIRD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

29th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 August 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RENINGHELST NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

I. E. 22.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ellen Jane Bird of Sheffield, England, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription "HIS MEMORY LONG WILL LIVE ALONE IN ALL OUR HEARTS" TENNYSON
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Buried or commemorated at

RENINGHELST NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 800
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