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Private JOHN EDWARD BURTON

Service Number: 35325
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2nd/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 March 1918

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2, HEBUTERNE

II. H. 23.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late James and Sarah Ann Burton, of Wakefield; husband of A. Burton, of 19, Russell St., Thomas Lane, Wakefield, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED, SADLY MISSED
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Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2, HEBUTERNE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1356
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