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Lance Serjeant JOHN EDWARD BURGESS

Service Number: 972789
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

57 (1/5th Bn. The East Surrey Regt.) Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 01 May 1943

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MOASCAR WAR CEMETERY

3. A. 18.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward John and Lilian Maria Burgess, of Beccles, Suffolk; husband of Phyllis Rose Burgess, of Beccles.
  • Personal Inscription LOVE'S GREATEST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE
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Buried or commemorated at

MOASCAR WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 989
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