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Private PERCY DOUGLAS BURN

Service Number: 613823
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment

19th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

V. C. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and M. A. E. Burn, of 17, Yalding Rd., Bermondsey, London.
  • Personal Inscription 'TIS BETTER TO GO OUT WITH HONOUR THAN WITH SHAME
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Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5572
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