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NAME: Birney, David Leslie

RANK: Captain

UNIT: Rifle Brigade

BATTALION ETC: Attached No.2 Commando

REGIMENTAL NUMBER: 75991

HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH: 28th April 1942 St Nazaire

WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Escoublac-la-Baule War Cemetery, Loire-Atlantique, France

OTHER INFORMATION: Age 27. Son of Colonel Charles Folliott Birney, D.S.O. and Rachel Dorothy Dallas Birney. Husband of Cecilie Mercedes Randell Birney of New Milton, Hampshire.