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Personal data

• Name BIRTLES
• Initials J
• First name JOHN
• Place of birth Heeley
• Country Sheffield, England
• Family Youngest Son of Henry and Annie Birtles, of Sheffield.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Sheffield
• Service number 14053
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 1st Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
• Division - Brigade 18th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 6th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career to France on 9 June 1915

Death

• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds to the head, abdomen and arms. n°17 CCS
• Date of death 23 August 1915
• Died at the age of 21
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery III - C - 24

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