BIRD, BERTIE, Private, No. 15502, 6th Battn. Machine Gun Corps, 3rd s. of James Bird, of Little Cornard, Sudbury, Farm Labourer, by his wife, Emily, dau. of John Rivers; b. Boxted, 28 June, 1899; educ. Great Cornard County Council School; joined the London Regt. 29 Nov. 1917; was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps in April: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 2 July, 1918, and died at No. 16 General Hospital, Tréport, 22 Oct. following, of wounds and gas poisoning. Buried in Mont Huon Cemetery; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5