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Rifleman ALBERT BURNS

Service Number: 5565
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 August 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI

III. C. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Isabella Burns, of West Sleekburn, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription ''MAY I HEAR THEE SAY TO ME FEAR NOT! I WILL PILOT THEE'' ALEX BURNS
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Buried or commemorated at

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2515
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