Name
Harold Wreford Birkett
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
09/09/1916
31
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
442024
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VIMY MEMORIAL
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 16 Jul 1885 in Chislehurst, Kent son of Louis and Agnes Birkett of 3 Summer Hill, Chislehurst, Kent, England. Educated at Haileybury College 1889-1902 and the South Eastern Agricultural College, Wye. Worked in Borneo for two years and then went to the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada. He married Muriel Vida Pope (later Kelly) in British Columbia on 10 Apr 1912.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 15 May 1915 and came to England where he was appointed Sergeant Instructor in bomb throwing, musketry etc. He entered France in Jun 1916 and was killed in action near Pozieres by shell fire. He was buried by his comrades where he died but his grave was subsequently lost.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
