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Lieutenant WILLIAM DOUGLAS ARDERN BURGESS

Service Number: 172168
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 September 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

26. A. 6.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Douglas Ardern Burgess and Lilian May Burgess, of Hertford.
  • Personal Inscription SICUT LILIUM
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1770
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