2718797 Edward BURKE, 1 Irish Guards

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    Army Number: 2718797
    Rank: Guardsman
    Name: E BURKE
    Unit: 1 Irish Guards
    GSM & Clasp: GSM, Palestine Clasp 1936 - 1939
    TNA Reference: WO 100/503
     
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    Army Number: 2718797
    Rank: Guardsman
    Name: E BURKE
    Unit: 4 Company, 1 Irish Guards
    Theatre: Italy
    Missing Personnel file: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - Italy, Missing Personnel file
    TNA Reference: WO 361/784
    Notes: Date of Payment 8 February 1944, 130 Local Currency
    Missing 9 February 1944

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    Casualty

    Guardsman BURKE, EDWARD
    Service Number 2718797
    Died 09/02/1944
    Aged 28
    1st Bn. Irish Guards
    Son of Michael and Ellen Burke, of Cork, Irish Republic.
    INSCRIPTION: IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE HE FOUGHT AND FELL. FATHER
    Buried at ANZIO WAR CEMETERY
    Location: Italy
    Cemetery/memorial reference: III, W, 1.
     

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