Bird A E Pte 2nd Royal Sussex Regiment
BIRD, ALAN ERNEST, Private, 2nd Battn. (35th Foot) The Royal Sussex Regt.), yr. s. of Robert Bird, of Nutty’s Farm, Childerditch, near Brentwood, Farmer, by his his wife, Fanny, dau. of Henry Crossman of Ivy Thorn House, Street, co. Somerset; b. Walton, near Bridgwater, co. Somerset, 1 Aug. 1898; educ. Ray Lodge County Council School, Woodford; joined the 4th Royal Sussex Regt. 4 July, 1918; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 20 Oct. following, being transferred to the 2nd Battn., and died at a Casualty Clearing Station 4 Nov. of the same year, of wounds received in action on the Sambre Canal on that day. Buried in La Valée Militaire Communal Cemetery Extension; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5