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Rifleman WILLIAM ALFRED BURNS

Service Number: 766509
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)

1st/28th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 July 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LOUVENCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY

Plot 1. Row E. Grave 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth Burns, London.
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Buried or commemorated at

LOUVENCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 230
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