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Private JOHN HENRY BURLEIGH

Service Number: 49804
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 March 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VAULX HILL CEMETERY

Sp. Mem. A. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Born at Perranarworthal, Cornwall. Son of John and Elizabeth Ann Burleigh, of "Greenwith," Perranwell Station, Cornwall.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

VAULX HILL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 856
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