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Guardsman JAMES THOMAS BURKE

Service Number: 2717202
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 May 1940

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOOK OF HOLLAND GENERAL CEMETERY

Row. F. Coll. grave 58-60.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Burke; husband of Lilian Burke, of Cwmparc, Treorchy, Glamorgan.
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Buried or commemorated at

HOOK OF HOLLAND GENERAL CEMETERY
Zuid-Holland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 77
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