Service Details
Name:
 BIRT
Given Name:
 LASCELLES WILLIAM
Initials:
 L W
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
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Unit:
 1st/4th Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1917-10-01
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Date of Birth:
 1868-08-17
Age:
 49
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Additional
Information:
Son of the late Raymond John and Constance Hogarth Birt; husband of Winifred Birt, of 22, St. Mark's Court, Abercorn Place, St. John's Wood, London. Served in Thornycroft's Mounted Infantry in the South African Campaign. Mentioned in Despatches. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
 MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 VI. C. II.

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