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Rifleman WILLIAM BURGESS

Service Number: 1607298
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Ulster Rifles

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 July 1944

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY

I. B. 23.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Annie Burgess; husband of Mary Ann Burgess, of Huntley Brook, Bury, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription MAY GOD IN HIS MERCY CARE FOR THE SOUL OF MY DARLING HUSBAND WHO IS SLEEPING HERE
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Buried or commemorated at

BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2175
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