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

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