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Private WILLIAM MASSEY BIRKETT

Service Number: 40644
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Middlesex Regiment

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 February 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

VIII. B. 176.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Sarah Ann Birkett (nee Massey), of 56, Francis St., Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription THE LORD GIVETH THE LORD TAKES AWAY BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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