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Second Lieutenant THOMAS JOHN BURLES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

21st Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 24 June 1917

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FERME-OLIVIER CEMETERY

Plot 2. Row B. Grave 5.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Ephraim and Lydia Burles, of 28, Augustine Road, Gravesend, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription MAY HIS REWARD BE AS GREAT AS HIS SACRIFICE FROM HIS LOVING WIFE BEAT
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Buried or commemorated at

FERME-OLIVIER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 410
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