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Lance Corporal JOSEPH KNOX BIRKETT

Service Number: 27607
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 April 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS HILL BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLERS-GUISLAIN

VI. C. 31.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Adam Birkett and Hannah Birkett, of 1, Manor Rd., Stratford-on-Avon. Born in Birmingham.
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS HILL BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLERS-GUISLAIN
Nord France
Number of casualties: 747
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