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Noel Birch
General Sir James Frederick Noel Birch (29 December 1865 – 3 February 1939) was a British Artillery Officer during the Second Boer War and World War I and subsequently Master-General of the Ordnance. The Birch gun was named after him.
Military career.
Birch was the second son of Major Richard Birch and was born at Llanrhaiadr, Denbighshire and educated at Giggleswick School, Marlborough College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned into the Royal Horse Artillery in 1885. In 1895 to
James Birch
James Birch may refer to:
- James Birch (curator), English art dealer and gallery owner
- James E. Birch (entrepreneur) (1827–1857), American stagecoach line founder
- James Birch (footballer) (1888–1940), English footballer
- James W. W. Birch (1826–1875), British colonial official
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- Sir James Frederick Noel Birch (1865–1939), known