William Reginald Birch was from North Yorkshire. He was a Captain in the Royal Dragoons/Reserve Cavalry Regiment.
He married Nora Brandon in 1919 in Kensington, London.
Nora was a daughter of Alfred de Bathe Brandon (1854-1938), 12th Mayor of Wellington & Louisa Kebbell (1858-1941)
In 1925 William was a sheepfarmer in Hapua, Masterton. He was cremated at Karori