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Corporal William Birse

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Birse, William
Date of birth: 1882-01-14
Place of birth: Old Meldrum Aberdeen Scotland
Next of kin: Mrs Nellie Birse, 14 Market Square, Old Meldrum, Aberdeen
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Machinist
Occupation (normalized): Metalworking Machine Setter-Operator, General
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1916-10-10

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 158538
Highest Rank: Corporal
Rank detail
  1. Private (Army).
  2. Lance Corporal (Army).
  3. Private (British Army).
  4. Corporal (Army). 1916-06-07 to 1916-10-10
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: Vimy Memorial, France

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 1565300
LAC ID: 44872
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B0752-S074
Uploader's Notes: Son of William Birse, of 14, Burn Lane, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Uploader's Research notes:

1891 Census 204/4/19 Mother Helen: 3 Cobban Lane, Inverurie.

Source: The 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles, 1914 - 1919 (1926, Captain S.G.Bennett) http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/u?/cmh,39960

http://www.4cmr.com/index.htm War Diaries

http://www.cefresearch.com/matrix/index.html Nominal Rolls

[Private Army British Infantry 4th Battalion, T.F., The Gordon Highlanders Private Army Canadian Infantry 81st Battalion Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 81st Battalion Corporal Army Canadian Mounted Rifles 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2012-10-27