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James Birchall

Details

Forename James
Surname Birchall
Middle Name
Memorial Leigh Cenotaph
Age 26
Address 155 Kirkhall Lane
Parents' Address As above
Township Leigh
Rank Sergeant
Occupation or place of work Stripper & grinder at L & J Heyes Victoria Mills
Regiment Royal Field Artillery D/69th Bde
Day of Death 23
Month of Death April
Year of Death 1916
Cause of Death Died of wounds
Place of Burial Basra Memorial
Regiment Number 12391
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Son of Peter and Susannah
On Leigh Journal Roll of Honour
CWGC, Ancestry, LJ 2/6/16. Reported wounded LJ 19/5/16