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Second Lieutenant FRANCIS GILBERT BURNS

Service Number: 95072
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

562 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 22 September 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMBORNE MINSTER CEMETERY

Sec. 10.A.12. R.C. Grave 6999.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Francis Gilbert and May Burns, of Wimborne. Awarded the King's Medal, R.M.A. Woolwich.
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMBORNE MINSTER CEMETERY
Dorset United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 45
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