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Wilfred George Burden

Private

Service No. 29753

Age 20

Died on 14 April 1917

Wiltshire Regiment

OSMINGTON (ST. OSMUND) CHURCHYARD

Dorset, United Kingdom

Son of John and Elizabeth Burden, of Osmington.

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Wilf is the only soldier from WW1 that has been laid to rest in St Osmund's churchyard in Osmington.

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"The attack on the 9th April 1917 was launched at 5.30 a.m. under cover of an effective artillery barrage. Closely following the shell fire,...

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