Memorial
Private C W Burns
Current Location
In the churchyard, St Mary Magdalene Church, Church Lane, Faceby, Hambleton, North Yorkshire, TS9 7BY, England
OS Grid Reference
NZ 49555 03026
Denomination
Church of England
Names
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Addition to gravestone
- WMR Reference Number
- 29617
- Description
- Addition to family gravestone re Charles William Burns, who was killed in action 6/5/1945 serving in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ OUR DEAR PARENTS/ MATTHEW BURNS/ DIED 18TH NOVEMBER 1953 AGED 69 YEARS/ AND/ ELIZABETH BURNS/ DIED 15TH DECEMBER 1967 AGED 78 YEARS./ ALSO THEIR SON/ CHARLES WILLIAM/ KILLED IN ACTION 1945./ AND THEIR SON/ DENIS/ DIED 31ST MAY 1996 AGED 78 YEARS/ A LOVING HUSBAND AND FATHER.
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- Forename, surname, manner of death, year died
Components
- Gravestone
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
- A photo of the family headstone at Faceby on which he is commemorated can be found on http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/cemeterylist.php?cemetery=2301&limit=1
- https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2805268/CHARLES WILLIAM BURNS/ (Private Charles William Burns, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, 553224, died 6/5/1945, aged 30, son of Matthew and and Elizabeth Burns of Faceby, buried KLAGENFURT WAR CEMETERY, Joint grave 6. D. 7-8., Austria).