Skip to content
Back to search results

Sapper WILLIAM WOOD BURNLEY

Service Number: 14252549
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

660 Gen. Constr. Coy.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1943

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

7. P. 4.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Agnes Burnley; husband of Edith Burnley, of Morley, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription SUNSHINE PASSES SHADOWS FALL BUT LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE OUTLAST ALL
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

Introducing For Evermore: Stories of the Fallen - the exciting new way to read and share stories of the Commonwealth's war dead. Got a story to share? Upload it and preserve their memory for generations to come.

Share and read stories
Download certificate

Buried or commemorated at