Name	William BIRCH (d)
Rank/Number	Private  / 59169
Regiment/Unit	Devonshire Regiment / 1st Garrison Battalion
Enlisted	Aylesbury
Age/Date of death	28 / 15 Apr 1917
How died/Theatre of war	Died at sea / EEF
Residence at death	1911: Winchmore Hill Ln, Coleshill
Cemetery	Mikra Memorial, Kalamaria, Greece
Grave Reference
Location of memorial	Chesham
Date/Place of birth	c Mar 1886 / Chesham
Date/Place of baptism	25 Apr 1886 Chesham
Occupation of Casualty	Chesham Urban District Council
Parents/Occupation	Edward (late) & Sarah Birch nee Heelas / farm labourer
Parents' Address	1911: Winchmore Hill Lane, Coleshill
Wife
Wife's Address
Notes	died when troopship ss Arcadian torpedoed and sunk by German Submarine UC-74 en route from Sardonica to Alexandria