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Sub-Lieutenant JOHN BELL BURKE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

H.M.S. Quebec.

Date of Death

Died 15 May 1945

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY

24. J. 9.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of William and Harriet Bell Burke, of Largs, Ayrshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY, JACKY "HE THAT RUNS IT WELL TWICE RUNS HIS RACE" MUM, DAD, NANCY

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Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1646
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