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Lieutenant HERBERT FREDERICK BIRDWOOD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

3rd Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 02 March 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOMAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY

In S.W. corner, in French War Memorial tomb.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and 20th Bn. London Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Roger Alan and Agnes Birdwood, of 309, Richmond Rd., Twickenham, Middx. Born at Bombay.
  • Personal Inscription KILLED IN A FIGHT OVER VALENCIENNES AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS
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