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Pte. Albert William Birch

British Army 4th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment

from:Sparkhill, Birmingham

(d.19th June 1915)

Albert Birch was the eldest of seven brothers, the family were all agricultural hay dressers. Albert joined the Worcestershire Regiment in 1907 and served in India and Burma before arriving at Gallipoli on 25th of March 1915. His regiment was decimated in the following weeks and Albert was among the last survivors of the original battalion. He was finally killed while his section was attempting to retake a trench from the Turks in the dark at 2.00 am.

He has no known grave and is remembered on the Helles Memorial. His younger brother Jim was also killed in France in 1918.



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