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Drummer ALEXANDER WILLIAM BURR

Service Number: 1770
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1st/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2

XIV. G. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Margaret Emma Burr, of 441, Kingsbury Rd., Erdington, Birmingham, and the late Harry Burr.
  • Personal Inscription " A GOOD SOLDIER AND A REAL YOUNG HERO " HIS CAPTAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 7138
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