In Memory Of

BIRT, FRANK

Service Details
Age:
 36
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 673
Rank:
 Bombardier
Unit:
 74th Siege Bty.
Regiment:
 South African Heavy Artillery
Date of Death:
 1916-11-21
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).
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 VI. B. 7.
Cemetery:
 COUIN BRITISH CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Charles John and Eliza Louise Birt, of Winsor Terrace, Beckton, East London. Husband of Florence Elizabeth Birt, of 2, Cato Rd., Clapham, London. Born East Finchley, England. A cyanide shiftman. On Cape Town "Company Gardens" Artillery Memorial