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Private W H BURLEIGH

Service Number: 172103
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 October 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT

V. C. 29.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. F. McDonald (formerly Burleigh), of Rothsay, Ontario, and the late William O. Burleigh.
  • Personal Inscription HE SLEPT AN IRON SLEEP SLAIN FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY
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