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Rifleman WILLIAM ASHWOOD McBURNEY

Service Number: 7046106
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Ulster Rifles

1st (Airborne) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 July 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

IIIA. J. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Annie McBurney, of Bambridge, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription FOR OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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