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Leading Stoker JOHN BURGESS

Service Number: P/KX97648
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. "Speedy"

Date of Death

Died 15 May 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY

Prot. Sec. (Men's). Plot F. Coll. grave 31.

Malta

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John W. Burgess, and of Ellen Burgess, of Stretford, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET PEACE, DEAR SON
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Buried or commemorated at

MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY
Malta
Number of casualties: 2656
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