In Memory Of
WYRLEY-BIRCH, HUMPHREY
Service Details
Age:
42
Date of Birth:
1901-09-13
Service No:
9376
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Regiment:
Die Middelandse Regiment, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-01-28
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, in hospital. On 28 January 1944 the United States Air Force bombed a POW train on a bridge near Allerona, Italy. It was carrying Allied servicemen from PG Camp 54, Fara in Sabina, to Germany
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
I, E, 1.
Cemetery:
BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Husband of the late Helen Constance Wyrley-Birch (nee Noble), of "Krantzdraai", Bethulie District, Orange Free State. (She died 21 May 1943). Born in England. A farmer. He had 4 children.
