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Rifleman EDWARD BURKE

Service Number: 5495
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

III. I. 10.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert Edward and Ada Grace Burke, of 65, Ponsonby Place, Westminster, London.
  • Personal Inscription JOY AFTER SORROW CALM AFTER BLAST REST AFTER WEARINESS REST AT LAST
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Buried or commemorated at

DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 3312
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