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Private HARRY BIRD FORD

Service Number: 24739
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 April 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

II. B. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Emma Ford, of 65, Salisbury Rd., Smethwick, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription WE DID NOT SPARE OUR ONLY SON BUT GAVE HIM FOR A WORLD UNDONE. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2132
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