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HOME Museum & Collections Sales Donations Events Contact Us REGIMENTAL HISTORY 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century First World War Second World War Actions & Movements Battle Honours FAMILY HISTORY Resources Further Reading PHOTO GALLERY ENQUIRIES FURTHER READING LINKS © Images are copyright, Trustees of the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. You must seek permission prior to publication of any of our images.		Soldiers of the Regiment Major Charles Vivian Brian Bird MC Born 28 Jul 1908. 2nd Lieutenant 1st Battalion from Royal Military College. 29 Aug 1929. Lieutenant 29 Aug 1932. With 1st Battalion, Aldershot, Palestine, Cairo and India. Captain 2nd Battalion 1 Aug 1938. To 5th Battalion 1940/43. MC for Dunkirk. Acting Major 28 Aug 1940. Temporary Major 28 Nov 1940. Relinquished Temporary Major 8 May 1943. Regranted Temporary Major 16 Jul 1943 to 3 Dec 1943 with 6th Battalion. To 1st Battalion 1944. Killed in Action as Temporary Major Italy 28 Feb 1944. The Military Cross was an immediate award on 27th May 1940 for gallantry and coolness in the retreat through Belgium and France to Dunkirk. He was later killed in action at Anzio, Italy on 28th February 1944, and has no known grave but is commemorated on the Cassino Memorial. Military Cross, General Service Medal with bar 'Palestine', 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal and War Medal to Major Charles Vivian Brian Bird MC. The Military Cross was an immediate award on 27th May 1940 for gallantry and coolness in the retreat through Belgium and France to Dunkirk. He was later killed in action at Anzio, Italy on 28th February 1944, and has no known grave but is commemorated on the Cassino Memorial. Accession Number: KO1355/01-06 Letter from Army Medals Office regarding the General Service Medal with bar ‘Palestine’, Apr 1948 Accession Number: KO1355/07 Typed extract from The Times, 27 Jun 1940 Accession Number: KO1355/08 Issue note with Second World War Medals Accession Number: KO1355/09 Commission Certificate 2nd Lieutenant Charles Vivian Brian Bird, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Aug 1929 Accession Number: KO1355/10 Rugby football team, 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, 1929-30, with Lieutenant Bird in the team. Accession Number: KO1335/11 Full length portrait photo of 2nd Lieutenant Charles Vivian Brian Bird, King’s Own. Accession Number: KO1355/12 Photo of Charles Vivian Brian Bird, MC, who was decorated after Dunkirk and killed at Anzio in 1944 Accession Number: KO1355/13 © Images are copyright, Trustees of the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum. You must seek permission prior to publication of any of our images. Only a proportion of our collections are on display at anyone time. Certain items are on loan for display in other institutions. An appointment is required to consult any of our collections which are held in store.