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Private JOHN ALBERT BIRD

Service Number: 4693441
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

156th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 September 1944

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

26. A. 13.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Albert Oxley Bird and Ethel Maud Bird; husband of Lily Bird, of Roos, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription REST ETERNAL GRANT UNTO HIM, O LORD; AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1773
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