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Gunner JOHN HENRY BURFITT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Isis.

Date of Death

Died 20 July 1944

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

II. E. 23.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Mills Burfitt and Mary Ann Burfitt, of Ilfracombe, Devon; husband of Nigella Hartnell Elliott Burfitt, of Ilfracombe.
  • Personal Inscription "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM" NIGELLA
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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