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Private WILLIAM THOMAS BURTON

Service Number: 14415392
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY

IX. G. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Thomas Burton and Margerite Rose Burton, of King's Cross, London.
  • Personal Inscription MAY THE PLEASURE HE MISSED ON LIFE'S JOURNEY BE FOUND IN GOD'S GARDEN OF PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1221
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