Private Arthur Bird

Army Number: 72071 (formerly 30404 Bedfordshire Regiment)

Battalion: 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Benwick, Cambridgeshire and lived at Barton-le-Clay, Bedfordshire. Son of William and Clara Bird, of 70 Church Street, Luton, Bedfordshire. He was a bleacher and dyer prior to enlisting on 20th June 1916 at Bedford. He went to France on 12th June 1917 and was transferred to the 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 2nd July 1917. He was killed in action, 21st March 1918, whilst holding the line near Sorrell Wood/Longeuval, France on the opening day of the German Spring Offensive or (Kaiserschlact)

Commemorated : Pozieres Memorial, France. Panel 52 to 54.

Private Arthur Bird is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Barton-Le-Clay War Memorial, Barton-Le-Clay, Bedfordshire.
St. Nicholas Church War Memorial, Barton-Le-Clay, Bedfordshire.
Ampthill Park War Memorial, Ampthill, Bedfordshire.