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Corporal PERCY CHARLES BURRINGTON

Service Number: 1998
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

23rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 November 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REDAN RIDGE CEMETERY NO.1, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

A. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Caroline Burrington, of 8, The Avenue, Bedford Park, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH A MAN MAY DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

REDAN RIDGE CEMETERY NO.1, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 154
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