We remember Wilfred Evans Burton

We remember Wilfred Evans Burton

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service British Army Gunner 41309 Royal Garrison Artillery 2nd. Siege Battery. Source:671961
1917
death Killed in Action Drowned when transport ship HMS Osmanieh hit a mine and sank in Alexandria Harbour. Remembered on Chatby Memorial Egypt, and also on family plot. 206. Shirehampton Cemetery,Bristol Alexandria Harbour Egypt Source:671961 31st December 1917
burial Body not recovered from Alexandria Harbour.Remembered on Chatby Memorial. Source:671961

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Names
TypeName
First Names Wilfred Evans
Initials WE
Last Name Burton
Source 671961
First Names Willie
Initials W
Source 671961
Gender
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Male
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Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 41309 Royal Garrison Artillery 2nd. Siege Battery. Gunner

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Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription MARY2719

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We remember Wilfred Evans Burton