BORN HULL 1886. SON OF CHARLES BIRD (1853-1924) & ESTHER BARKER (1857-1935), OF 71, DANSOM LANE SOUTH , HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 77 KENT STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A FIREWOOD DEALER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. WORKED AS A SAW MILL LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. LEFT ENGLAND ON 14/07/1915. CAPTURED AT GALLIPOLI. DIED OF TYPHUS, AS TURKISH PRISONER OF WAR, ON 24/01/1917, AGED 20. HE IS BURIED AT BAGHDAD, IRAQ.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, CHARLES BIRD, OF 18, RIPON TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
First name:
CORNELIUS FRED
Military Number:
10606
Rank:
Private
Date Died
24/01/1917
Place died:
Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq
Age:
30
