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A Birchall Orphan to the RFA in WW1

Posted in 1914-1918 Service Medals, Family Groups & Singles with tags , , , on October 29, 2024 by The Dude

Things have been a bit quiet in my search for Birchalls or their relatives lately. After a good start to the year here we have a lonely orphan impressed to L/20254 Bmbdr. F.Burchell R.A.

Frederick was born in 1893 and signed up on the 26th of April, 1915. He entered France on the 13th of December, 1915. It seems, aside from some illness in 1916, that Frederick made it all the way through the war.