|
Click on any of the images below for a larger view
and more information. |
Private Robert Birchall 63539
58th Machine Gun Corps
Son of Robert and Alice Birchall of Bickerstaffe.
On the 28th August 1918, Robert died
from wounds received in the action in France, after,
“being involved in much fighting”. Quote from the Ormskirk
Advertiser.
He was reported to have received a severe gunshot
wound in the leg and died at a field dressing station, two years from the date
of enlistment.
Prior to joining up, he worked on the farm of his
grandmother, Mrs Cook of Catherines Farm, Catherines Lane, Bickerstaffe.
Robert is interred at Daours Communal Extension,
France. Plot 7, row A, grave 34. He was 31 years old.
Daours is 6Km. East of Amiens on the banks of the
Somme River.The cemetery is on the left at the start of the D115 northwards out
of Daours.
