{"id":25757,"date":"2023-02-04T09:23:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T09:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=25757"},"modified":"2023-02-04T09:23:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T09:23:57","slug":"birk-philip-theodore","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/army\/birk-philip-theodore\/","title":{"rendered":"Birk, Philip Theodore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Philip Theodore Birk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Lieutenant, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment<br>Gold Coast Regiment, R.W.A.F.F.<br>Service number 307057<br>Died 23 Dec 1945<br>Buried Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar<br>Age 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Philip was born on 19 July 1920 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Lithuania born parents Barnett and Sylvia nee Finklestone and he had eight siblings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Philip is buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar with a Cross on his headstone. Evidence was submitted to the CWGC that he was Jewish and his headstone will be changed adding a Star of David.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Philip&#8217;s story can be found on the link below.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-13f4772e-0e22-424d-b707-e0bbb1a3b1ce\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Philip-was-born-on-19-July-1920-in-Newcastle.docx\">Philip&#8217;s Story <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Philip-was-born-on-19-July-1920-in-Newcastle.docx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-13f4772e-0e22-424d-b707-e0bbb1a3b1ce\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-01-103640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29067\" width=\"401\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-01-103640.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-01-103640-250x70.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-01-103640-120x34.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jewish Chronicle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"562\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BL_0004648_19460110_001_0001-page-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BL_0004648_19460110_001_0001-page-001.jpg 562w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BL_0004648_19460110_001_0001-page-001-250x267.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/BL_0004648_19460110_001_0001-page-001-120x128.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philip Theodore Birk Lieutenant, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire RegimentGold Coast Regiment, R.W.A.F.F.Service number 307057Died 23 Dec 1945Buried Taukkyan War Cemetery, MyanmarAge 25 Philip was born on 19 July 1920 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Lithuania born parents Barnett and Sylvia nee Finklestone and he had eight siblings. 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