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Craftsman JAMES WILLIAM BURN

Service Number: 2568866
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Date of Death

Died 29 October 1942

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

III. D. 24.

Egypt

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 45th (The Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Emily Burn, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription A LOVING SMILE A HEART OF GOLD THE DEAREST BROTHER THIS WORLD COULD HOLD
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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