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Private JOHN BURGESS

Service Number: 60026
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

26th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 April 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1

VI. F. 43.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Hannah Burgess, of Forty Foot Bridge, Ramsey, Hunts.
  • Personal Inscription CHRIST WILL CLASP THE BROKEN CHAIN TIGHTER WHEN WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1392
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