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Private HARRY PLACE

Service Number: 3783914
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 May 1943

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BURNLEY CEMETERY

Grave NE. 11026.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter and Rebecca Place, of Burnley.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY, HIS SILENCE OUR GREAT SORROW
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Buried or commemorated at

BURNLEY CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 283
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