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Private JAMES BURTON

Service Number: 28509
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOUZEAUCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

V. D. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Mary J. Burton, of 1, Hope Place, Ferregles St., Maxwelltown, Dumfries. Native of Newbie, Annan.
  • Personal Inscription FORGET HIM, NO WE NEVER WILL WE LOVED HIM THEN WE LOVE HIM STILL
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Buried or commemorated at

GOUZEAUCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1298
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