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Second Lieutenant ISLAY FERRIER BURNS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

97th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 10 July 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NIEUPORT MEMORIAL

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of May C. Burns, of 215, Chesterton. Rd., Cambridge, and the late Rev. Islay F. Burns. Joined London University O.T.C. in 1914. Enlisted as Private in Motor Machine Gun Corps. Went to France in 1915, Gazetted in 1916.
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