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2Nd Corporal CHARLES GEORGE BURCH

Service Number: 60219
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

63rd Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 19 September 1917

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU LAWN CEMETERY

F. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Eli and Priscilla Burch, of Colyton, Devon; husband of Sarah Searle (formerly Burch), of 26, Monks Rd., Exeter. Served in the South African Campaign in Imperial Yeomanry.
  • Personal Inscription ON THE BORDER LAND WE LEFT HIM SOON TO MEET AND PART NO MORE
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Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU LAWN CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 229
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