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Cadet JOHN BURNS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Air Training Corps

1266 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1943

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COCKERMOUTH CEMETERY

Sec. 1. Grave 116.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Gilbert and Elizabeth Mary Burns, of Workington.
  • Personal Inscription RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL IN PERFECT PEACE HE AWAITS US ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

COCKERMOUTH CEMETERY
Cumberland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 32
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