Cecil George Birley

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

163250

Unit at enlistment:

84th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

September 17th, 1916

Cemetery:

Bramshott (St. Mary) Churchyard - Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - I.H.5.

Commemorated at:

Glen Morris United Church Plaque; Ayr, Ontario War Memorial

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Rural Municipality of Alexander

Birth city:

Alexander, Manitoba

Address at enlistment:

Paris, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Ayr, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Farmer

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

Cause and Place of Death: Died of Wounds. (GSW Back) Military Hospital, Frensham Hill, Farnham.

BX September 19, 1916

Private Cecil Birley of Paris, who was wounded in Belgium early this month, died Sunday in Farnham Hospital, Sussex, England, according to a cable received yesterday by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Birley. Private Birley was one of the Paris boys who went overseas with the 84th Battalion and was drafted upon arrival to the 75th Battalion and sent directly to the front.