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GEORGE BIRD
Kingston upon Hull HU3 3PQ
England
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF GEORGE BIRD (1853-1929) AND SARAH BEST (1855-1935), OF 22 GLASGOW STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. THREE SONS WERE KILLED IN THE WAR.
HE ENLISTED AT PETERBORO. SERVED WITH THE 1ST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED 12/09/1916 ON THE SOMME, AGED 28.
NOTE: SPELT 'BEARD' IN CWGC RECORDS.
HE WAS WAS ONE OF THREE HULL SONS KILLED IN THE WAR. HIS ELDER BROTHER WILLIAM ERNEST BIRD, A HULL POLICEMAN, SERVED WITH THE 2ND COLDSTREAM GURADS, AND WAS KILLED IN 1914, AGED 30. HIS OTHER BROTHER, CSM, ALBERT BIRD, MM, 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS WAS KILLED IN 1918, AGED 28.
Méricourt-l'Abbé 80113
Hauts-de-France
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