The story
James J Birss, Serjeant served with Scots Guards.
Service number: '2696468'. Date of death: 1944-08-06. Age: 23. Country: France.
Buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, grave reference XX. D. 17..
SON OF JAMES DAVIDSON BIRSS AND JANE BIRSS, OF GLASGOW; HUSBAND OF MARGARET GALBRAITH BIRSS, OF SANDYHILLS, GLASGOW.
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