The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G W F Bird

Private George William Frederick BIRD, 202151, "B" Company, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 5427, the Buffs), killed in action, Flanders, France, 28th March 1918, age 24.

Born Mile End, London, E, son of George and Eliza Bird, of 21, Mape St., Bethnal Green, London.

1911 Census - 9 Weaver Street, Bethnal Green - George Bird, head, age 39, married, cork sorter, cork merchant, born Bray, Berks; Eliza Bird, wife, age 40, married 18 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Spitalfields, London; George Bird, son, age 17, single, porter, portmanteau maker, born Mile End, New Town, London; Henry Bird, son age 16, single, messenger, printers, born Mile End, New Town, London; William Bird, son, age 14, messenger, printers, born Mile End, New Town, London; John Bird, son, age 10, school, born Mile End, New Town, London.

1917, June Quarter, Bethnal Green, married Daisy Burke.

Enlisted Bethnal Green, London E. Resided Bethnal Green.

Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Panel 58 & 59, Somme, France.

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