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Captain WILLIAM HENRY LANGDON BURGESS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 July 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

Sp. Mem. 25.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Only son of Henry Langdon Burgess and Anna Maria Burgess, of Cowdray House, Shincliffe Colliery, Durham. B.Sc. (Dunelm). Ordnance engineer. Born at Lanchester, Durham.
  • Personal Inscription THEY LIE ALONE WITH THEIR GLORY THE WHOLE WORLD IS THEIR SEPULCHRE
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