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Private WILLIAM THOMAS BURKS

Service Number: 4887
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 January 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DE CUSINE RAVINE BRITISH CEMETERY, BASSEUX

F. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Burks, of West Lutton, Malton, Yorks, and the late Ann Burks.
  • Personal Inscription SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS
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Buried or commemorated at

DE CUSINE RAVINE BRITISH CEMETERY, BASSEUX
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 68
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