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Sapper FRANCIS JAMES BURGE

Service Number: 778872
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Railway Troops

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 November 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOLFERINO FARM CEMETERY

II. A. 4.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Burge; husband of Mrs. George De La Mare (formerly Burge), of Duke St., Bowmanville, Ontario. Born at Plymouth, England.
  • Personal Inscription WHITE AS A LILY PURE AS A SHINING STAR SADLY MISSED BY WIFE AND DAUGHTER
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Buried or commemorated at

SOLFERINO FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 304
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