BURNS, Charles
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Rank:
Gunner
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Service Number:
.1612571
Birthplace:
Cambuslang, Glasgow
Died :
Monday, September 13, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
23
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Local Roll of Honour:
Gunner Charles Burns, 6 troop, was killed in action during operations at Dragone Hill, Salerno. He has no known grave. He was reported to have been buried by the 6th Yorks and Lancs. on the forward slope of the hill. Son of John and Isabella Burns, of Cambuslang, Lanarkshire.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/68.
2 Commando Casualties Salerno document below.
Royal Artillery Attestations Register for 1940.
Royal Artillery Casualty Card.
Notes
In the document below against the death and burial of Fus W. Davies it adds " (see 1612571. Pte. Burns. C. ) "
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