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Sapper JOHN ROBERT BURNS

Service Number: 102569
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

174th Tunnelling Coy.

Date of Death

Died 08 October 1915

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POINT 110 OLD MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT

G. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Elizabeth Burns, of 3, Loves Row, Lumley, Fence Houses, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription TO ME TO LIVE IS CHRIST AND TO DIE IS GAIN

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Buried or commemorated at

POINT 110 OLD MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 100
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