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Lieutenant WILLIAM DONALD BIRKETT

Service Number: 179702
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

1st Parachute Sqn.

Date of Death

Died 13 August 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROME WAR CEMETERY

II, F, 6.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Eric and Cecilia E. Birkett, of Beeston, Nottinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription "THE WAY OF GOD LIE BEFORE ME, THE SHIELD OF GOD SHELTER ME, THE HOST OF GOD DEFEND ME"
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