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Second Lieutenant GORDON ALICK BRODRICK BIRDWOOD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1914

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VAILLY BRITISH CEMETERY

Sp. Mem. 20.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Col. W. S. Birdwood and Evelyn Stuart Birdwood, of Colmer, Modbury, South Devon.
  • Personal Inscription "WAITING" -"TILL HE COME"
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Buried or commemorated at

VAILLY BRITISH CEMETERY
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 699
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