ABLE SEAMAN FRED BIRCUMSHAW 1920 – 1945

Able seaman Frederick Bircumshaw 

Fred Bircumshaw was born to Frank and Rosa Bircumshaw on 18/7/1920 in Mosborough, Derbyshire.
Enlisted into the Royal Navy onto the ship the HMS  Exeter.
Service No.  D/JX214712
Died:  10 March 1945 Age 25, Fellagra. Whilst a Prisoner of War in Japanese hands.
Buried:  Ambon War Cemetery Indonesia  29. D. 7.

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                              Inscription says:
 “IN PEACE HE SLEEPS AND WAITS FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM”                      Ambon War Cemetery Indonesia

Grave Registration Report Form detailed below:                       

 

 

www.ancestry/cwgc  Collated by Linda Taylor MHMG (all info is correct to the best of my knowledge)