Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Thomas and Martha Birch of Cherry Orchard, Shrewsbury, England. Corporal Birch served in England only.
British War Medal
Digital gallery of Corporal Arthur Rice Birch
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Corporal Arthur Rice Birch
Corporal Arthur Rice Birch's name was included on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. Source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included the Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses.
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Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News 9 Januray 1915
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Corporal Arthur Rice Birch's name was included on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. Source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included the Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses.
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Detail of Corporal Arthur Rice Birch's name as it appeared on the Merchants Bank of Canada 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour.
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Shrewsbury Abbey WW1 Memorial Arthur Rice Birch (Bottom Right)
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Commemorated on:
Page 5 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SHREWSBURY GENERAL CEMETERY Shropshire, United Kingdom
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