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Private W BURGESS

Service Number: S/41832
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 October 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVESNES-LE-SEC COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

B. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Brother of James Burgess, of Bogmoor, Spey Bay, Morayshire.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

AVESNES-LE-SEC COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 114
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