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Private WILFRED LEAS BURTON

Service Number: 4693257
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 July 1943

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

I. G. 8.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Wilfred and Annie Lizzie Burton, of Goole, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription WE'LL MEET, YET WE MISS HIM THERE'LL BE ONE VACANT CHAIR WE LINGER ONLY TO CARESS HIM AND BREATHE A SILENT PRAYER
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Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1067
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