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Private JAMES BURNESS

Service Number: 203684
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 April 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY

I. A. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Jane Burness, of 3, New St., Stonehaven. Born at Stonehaven, Kincardineshire.
  • Personal Inscription TILL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1101
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