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Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Belgium Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Belgium
First Name: William Frederick Last Name: FLOWER
Date of Death: 04/03/1915 Lived/Born In: Rotherhithe
Rank: Private Unit: Lincolnshire1
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Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Belgium

 

On 2nd March, 1915, the 1st Lincolnshire battalion of 9 Brigade, 3rd Division moved into the front line at Ypres where they remained here until relieved two days later. On 4th March, their last day here, the enemy’s artillery was very active and there were many casualties especially among C Company and the machine-gun section in reserve trenches. One of these casualties was William Flower who was killed.

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