Benjamin Birch

1887 - 1911  (24 years)

• Name	Benjamin Birch
  Birth	3 Feb 1887	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [1, 2]
  Christening	23 Feb 1887	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [2]
  	Name: Benjamin Birch Birth date: 3 Feb 1887 Baptism date: 23 Feb 1887 Place: Wellington, All Saints County: Shropshire Denomination: Anglican Father's name: Benjamin Mother's name: Esther Abode: High Street Quality, Trade, or Profession: Brewer Archive reference: P291/A/2/7 Page: 171
  Gender	Male
  Residence	5 Apr 1891	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [3]
  	Address: Royal Oak, High Street
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [4]
  	Address: off Wrekin Road
  Occupation	31 Mar 1901  [4]
  	Labourer, electric car works
  Military Service	1 Feb 1905	Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England   [5]
  	Name: Benjamin Birch Birth year: 1887 Birth parish: Wellington Birth town: Wellington Birth county: Shropshire Birth country: England Service number: 5003 Regiment: King's Shropshire Light Infantry Year: 1905 Attestation date: 1 Feb 1905 Attestation age years: 18 Attestation service number: 5003 Attestation corps: King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) Discharge corps: King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) Document type: Attestation Archive reference: WO 96 Series Wo 96: Militia Service Records 1806-1915 Box: 904 Box record number: 52
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Trimulgherry, Telangana, India   [6]
  Occupation	2 Apr 1911  [6]
  	Soldier, 2nd Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
  Death	4 Jul 1911	Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India   [7]
  Person ID	I7428	Gilbert
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Birch,   b. 1856, Horsehay, Shropshire, England d. 1931, Wellington, Shropshire, England (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Esther Pownall,   b. 11 Sep 1864, Liverpool, Lancashire, England d. 1943, Wellington, Shropshire, England (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	9 May 1882	Wellington, Shropshire, England
  Family ID	F5344	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 3 Feb 1887 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Christening - 23 Feb 1887 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Residence - Address: Royal Oak, High Street - 5 Apr 1891 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Residence - Address: off Wrekin Road - 31 Mar 1901 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Military Service - 1 Feb 1905 - Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Residence - 2 Apr 1911 - Trimulgherry, Telangana, India Death - 4 Jul 1911 - Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Location       : City/Town       : District/Borough       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Births) - England and Wales, Birch, Benjamin; Mother's Maiden Surname: Pownall; GRO Reference: 1887 M Quarter in WELLINGTON SALOP UNION Volume 06A Page 745 (accessed 7 May 2020). [S194] Shropshire Baptisms (FindMyPast), Birch, Benjamin; Birth year: 1887; Baptism year: 1887; Father's name: Benjamin; Mother's name: Esther; Place: Wellington, All Saints (accessed 30 Sep 2023). [S6] 1891 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Birch, Benjamin; Birth year: 1887; Birth town: Wellington; Birth county: Shropshire; Reg dist: Wellington; Parish: Wellington; Town: Wellington; County: Shropshire; Ref: RG12; Piece: 2131; Folio: 30; Page: 11 (accessed 7 May 2020). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Birch, Benjamin; Birth year: 1887; Birth town: Wellington; Birth county: Shropshire; Reg dist: Wellington; Parish: Wellington Urban; Town: Town; County: Shropshire; Ref: RG13; Piece: 2562; Folio: 57; Page: 11 (accessed 7 May 2020). [S299] British Army Service Records (FindMyPast), Birch, Benjamin; Birth year: 1887; Service number: 5003; Regiment: King's Shropshire Light Infantry; Birth county: Shropshire (accessed 3 Jan 2022). [S8] 1911 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Birch, Benjamin; Birth year: 1885; Birth place: Wellington Shropshire; County: Overseas Military; Ref: RG14PN34991 RD641 SD16 ED37 SN9999 (accessed 3 Jan 2022). [S400] UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 (Ancestry), Birch, Benjamin; Death date: 4 Jul 1911; Death place: Bareilly; Regiment: 2/Shropshire Light Infantry; Regimental number: 7905 (accessed 3 Jan 2022).