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Private W E BURCHAM

Service Number: 225541
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1918

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT

II. D. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Only son of Edward and Rebecca Burcham; husband of Alice Marion Heather (formerly Burcham), of 5, Gravel Rd., Twickenham, Middx. Born at Twickenham.
  • Personal Inscription THE LIGHT FROM OUR HOUSEHOLD HAS GONE AND A VOICE WE LOVED IS STILL TO DADDY
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Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1348
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