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Sapper JOHN FRED BURNS

Service Number: 14621292
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

24 Bomb Disposal Coy.

Date of Death

Died 25 September 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN

Block "S". Plot 1. Row N. Grave 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Martin Burns and Dorothy Alice Burns, of Greenock, Renfrewshire. His brother Robert Dennis also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription HIS BROTHER ROBERT, R.A.F. WAS LOST ON ANTI-SUBMARINE OPERATIONS. 13-6-1944 AGE 21
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