Identity
Person No.
1835
Service No.
673
Last Name
First Name
Frank
Initials
F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
35
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,732
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds. The Battery was at Colincamp since the 7th October 1916 in a position really untenable for a heavy battery, without cover and a favourite target for the German artillery. On the 20th November, the enemy kept up a severe bombardment all day, and four gunners were killed (the three men buried at Courcelles and Bombardier Frank Birt buried in Couin British Cemetery)
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Charles John and Eliza Louise Birt; husband of Florence E. Birt, of 2, Cato Rd., Clapham, London. On Cape Town "Company Gardens" Artillery Memorial
Research notes
Gunners Association RoH lists them (World War 1 1914-1918 Bombardier F. Birt) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Gunners' Association of South Africa Roll of Honour
open source ↗
World War 1 1914-1918 Bombardier F. Birt
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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