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Gunner WILLIAM ALFRED BURGESS

Service Number: 1677208
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

155 Bty., 52 H.A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 30 April 1943

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANDY WAR CEMETERY

1. A. 7.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Burgess and of Jane Burgess (nee McDonald); husband of Clementina Burgess (nee Campbell), of Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire.
  • Personal Inscription GOD DID NOT PROMISE US JOY WITHOUT TEARS, BUT HE HAS PROMISED UNDYING LOVE
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