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Second Lieutenant RICHARD ELLIS BURFORD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

Date of Death

Died 08 October 1918

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

V. H. 4.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 9th Bn. Norfolk Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Richard and Emily Burford; husband of Lucy M. Burford, of 64, Gordon Rd., South Woodford, London.
  • Personal Inscription WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER
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Buried or commemorated at

TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2139
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