We remember Alfred Owen Birks

We remember Alfred Owen Birks

Timeline

Timeline

1892
birth Highworth,Wiltshire. United Kingdom Source:355103 1892
1904
education North Wilts Technical College Swindon Wilts United Kingdom Source:355103 1904
1911
location 97 County Road,Swindon,Wilts United Kingdom parents address Source:6978518 1911
1915
marriage Maud M Skane Source:8486973 1915
1917
service British Army Second Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion Source:355103 July 1917 - 13th March 1918
employment Clerk GWR Swindon Wilts United Kingdom Source:355103
employment Clerk, Passenger Department Great Western Railway Swindon United Kingdom Source:8486970
service British Army Acting Staff Serjeant Major 1/1/4785 Army Service Corps Source:355103
service British Army Second Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment Source:7051093
1918
death Died of wounds Hit by bullet in chest,died same day of wound. Haringhe,West-Vlaanderen. Belgium Source:7051093 Source:355103 13th March 1918
burial Haringhe (bandaghem) Military Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial West-Vlaanderen 1. D. 2. Haringhe (Badaghem) Military Cemetery,West Vlaanderen,BELGIUM Belgium Source:7051093 Source:355103

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Alfred Owen
Initials AO
Last Name Birks
Source 355103
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
97 County Road,Swindon,Wilts United Kingdom parents address 1911
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 1/1/4785 Army Service Corps Acting Staff Serjeant Major
British Army Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion Second Lieutenant
British Army Dorsetshire Regiment Second Lieutenant
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
John Birks father
Sarah Virtue Birks mother
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Maud M Skane wife 1915

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription MARY2719
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription MARY2719
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription MARY2719
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription Bryan5462

External Evidence

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Great War Book held at STEAM Museum, Swindon Bryan5462

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