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Volunteer ROBERT BERNARD SILK

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Home Guard

30th Warwickshire (Birmingham) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 October 1940

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BIRMINGHAM (YARDLEY) CEMETERY

Grave 29717.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry Silk, and of Rose Silk, of Alum Rock, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription HE WAS SO YOUNG AND YET SO BRAVE HE GAVE HIS LIFE US TO SAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

BIRMINGHAM (YARDLEY) CEMETERY
Warwickshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 514
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