2699454 Guardsman James BURNETT, X Company Scots Guards attd 1 Welsh Guards: 06/12/1944

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Army Number: 2699454
Rank: Guardsman
Name: James BURNETT
Unit: Scots Guards

Date of Birth: 10 April 1908
Place of Birth: Eastriggs

Date of Death: 6 December 1944
Place of Burial: Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Netherlands

 

Name: James Burnett . Date of Birth: 10/4/1908 . Place of Birth: [Eastriggs] . Service:... | The National Archives
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Name: James Burnett.
Date of Birth: 10/4/1908.
Place of Birth: [Eastriggs].
Service: British Army.
Rank: Private.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Scots Guards].
Service Number: 2699454.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: [unspecified].
PoW number: [unspecified].
Date of Death: 6 December 1944.
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 4.
Date: [1939-1945]

 

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GUARDSMAN JAMES BURNETT
Service Number: 2699454
Regiment & Unit: Scots Guards
Date of Death: 06 December 1944
Age 36 years old
Buried or commemorated at ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Grave Reference: 11. C. 6.
Location: Netherlands
Additional Info: Son of James and Agnes Jane Burnett; husband of Margaret Burnett, of Eastriggs, Dumfriesshire.
Personal Inscription: WORTHY OF REMEMBRANCE