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Private DAVID COBB BURNESS

Service Number: 3323475
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 July 1942

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAYID WAR CEMETERY

2. E. 1.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David Cobb Burness and Catherine Burness, of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription GREATLY MISSED BY US ALL TILL THAT HAPPY DAY WHEN WE SHALL ALL MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

FAYID WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1816
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