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Lieutenant Colonel HUMPHREY FRANCIS WILLIAM BIRCHAM

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

Commanding 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 July 1916

Age 41 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Plot 1. Row F. Grave 34.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order, Three times Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Francis Thomas and Edith Bircham, of Gwentland, Chepstow; husband of Gladys Violet Bircham, of 24, Gerald Road, South Eaton Place, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED WITH HIS MEN HE LIVES WITH THOSE HE LEFT BEHIND.
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