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L-Cpl. Arthur Reginald Birks

British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry

from:Westbourne Road, West Hartlepool

(d.1st Jul 1916)

Arthur Birks was born in Stranton, West Hartlepool on 27th of August 1895 to Elisa and Edwin Birks. He enlisted with the County Battalion DLI at West Hartlepool on the 18th of September 1914. His occupation is given as Clerk and he is recorded as being 19 years old, 6 feet tall, weighing 158 lbs with a 37 inch chest. Arthur was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing.



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