Name William Joseph BIRCH (d)  
Rank/Number Private  / 202173
Regiment/Unit Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry / 1/4th Battalion
Enlisted Oxford 
Age/Date of death 28 / 15 Aug 1917 
How died/Theatre of war Died of wounds / France & Flanders
Residence at death Cullam Green, Berks 
Cemetery Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France 
Grave Reference XXII.P.19 
Location of memorial Burnham 
Date/Place of birth 09 Feb 1889 / Stoke Poges
Date/Place of baptism 10 Mar 1889 Hedgerley 
Occupation of Casualty  
Parents/Occupation James & Ellen Birch nee Hazell / gas works labourer
Parents' Address 1901: Stoke Common, Stoke Poges 
Wife Louisa M Birch nee Boon mar Dec qtr 15 
Wife's Address Yew Tree Cottages, Farnham Common 
Notes formerly 5686 OBLI. Brother of Arthur James Birch (Stoke Poges)