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Corporal HEDLEY JOHN BURTON

Service Number: 1006
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 September 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

V. F. 45.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John B. and Mary Burton, of Merriment's Farm, Hurst Green, Etchingham, Sussex. Born at St. Leonards-on-Sea.
  • Personal Inscription I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT
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Buried or commemorated at

ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2543
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