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The Bird brothers remembered in Penzance

November 11, 2021 by Susan Roberts Leave a Comment

A good turn-out this Remembrance Day (11/11/21) at the Memorial Gardens at Penlee in Penzance.

The ceremony was led by the British Legion and a bugler played the Last Post and Reveille.

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We laid a wreath in memory of the three Bird brothers from Penzance who tragically lost their lives in World War One. A fourth brother, Hubert, survived more than a year of active service at the Front. After the war he returned to Canada (where he had emigrated as a young man) and founded Bird Construction, one of the biggest construction firms in Canada.

 

Filed Under: Stories Tagged With: Clement Bird, Harry Bird, Hubert Bird, Morrab Terrace, Penzance, Richard Bird, World War One

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