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Second Lieutenant ERNEST SIDNEY BURNLEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

9th (Yorkshire Hussars) Bn

Date of Death

Died 05 November 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VALENCIENNES (ST. ROCH) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

III. C. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. M. Burnley, of Golf House, Pannal, Harrogate, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription THEY TOOK AWAY THE BODY BUT THEY COULD NOT TAKE THE SOUL
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Buried or commemorated at

VALENCIENNES (ST. ROCH) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 919
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