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Private E HIRD

Service Number: 240334
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/6th Bn

Date of Death

Died 18 April 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

X. A. 47.

Belgium

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 146th Trench Mortar Bty.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Sarah E. Hird, of 69, Leeds Rd., Windhill, Shipley, York.
  • Personal Inscription HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO ANSWER THE CALL
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Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2442
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