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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JAMES BURTON

Service Number: 5575808
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gloucestershire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 September 1942

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALCUTTA (BHOWANIPORE) CEMETERY, KOLKATA

Plot H. Grave 6.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie Burton, of Swindon, Wiltshire; husband of Violet Irene Burton, of Swindon.
  • Personal Inscription MEMORY IS A GOLDEN CHAIN THAT BINDS US TILL WE MEET AGAIN
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