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Rifleman JOHN WILLIAM JAMES BURBOROUGH

Service Number: 5681684
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 June 1942

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

1. F. 1.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Minnie Harriet Burborough, of Wembley, Middlesex; husband of Nora Burborough, of Alperton, Wembley,.
  • Personal Inscription LOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR HUSBAND, FATHER AND SON. HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR US
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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