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Pte. Rupert Birch

British Army 9th Btn, Royal Fusiliers

from:Foxt, Staffordshire Moors

(d.10th Jul 1916)

Rupert Birch was born in 1894, one of a large family at Greenbank Farm,Foxt, Staffordshire Moorlands. He attended the local Methodist chapel, and followed his father in working for The North Staffordshire Railway. Enlisting in November 1915, he was badly wounded in action on 7th of July 1916 and died 3 days later. He was buried at Puchevillers Military Cemetery. He is commemorated on the small war memorial at St Mark's church, Foxt, and the North Staffordshire Railway memorial at Stoke On Trent railway station.



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