BIRD, ROBERT THOMAS
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Lance corporal
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21/09/1944
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Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 1st Bn.
I. B. 9.
Grant him, o Lord eternal rest
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Son of Joseph and Alice Bird, of Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire.
Robert was born in april 1915, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, U.K. He got mortally wounded around the Wilhelmina Canal near Oirschot, the Netherlands. The father of Thomas, Joseph Bird, was killed during the first World War. He died on 12 January 1917, aged 35. He is buried at Couin British Cemetery in France.
Robert was initially buried at Oerle.
From the service records of Robert Thomas Bird, the following account can be reconstructed.
Robert Thomas Bird was born on 10 May 1915 in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire. In civilian life he worked as a clerk. He was described as being 5 feet 8 inches tall, with hazel eyes and brown hair. He was unmarried.
He joined the British Army on 16 May 1940, enlisting with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Robert was deployed to North-West Europe on 24 June 1944 as part of the Allied campaign following the Normandy landings.
Robert Thomas Bird was killed in action on 21 September 1944.
Memorial in the Cleobury Mortimer church.