Private GEORGE BUNN (photo added)



Rank | Private |
Forenames | GEORGE |
Surname | BUNN (photo added) |
Initials | G |
Place of Birth | Unknown |
Date of Birth | Unknown |
Date of Death | Sunday, 30 July 1944 |
Age | 25 |
Nationality |
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Residence or Entered Service From | BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM |
Service Number | 5114347 | Force |
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Service/Corps/Regiment | Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
Unit / Ship / Battalion / Squadron | 1/7 Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (59th Staffordshire Infantry Division) |
Military Honours and Awards | |
Place of Burial/Commemoration |
FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL
Roll of honour |
Grave/Memorial Location | II. C. 15. |
Previous Place(s) of Burial | Unknown |
Epitaph | |
Family Details | SON OF JAMES EDMUND AND ALICE BUNN, OF SMALL HEATH, BIRMINGHAM. |
Additional Information
Private GEORGE BUNN was killed in action on the same day as his friend, Private LEONARD JAMES SPRINGETT, and his commanding officer Captain WILLIAM NEWSOME BUSHILL.1
References |
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1. | Dee Springett, Niece of Private LEONARD JAMES SPRINGETT. |
Acknowledgements and Credits |
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Source of original data: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
Headstone photograph: | Carl Shilleto |
Cross marker photograph: | |
Individual photograph: | George Bunn, nephew of GEORGE BUNN. |
Additional photographs provided by: | |
Additional information provided by: | Dee Springett, Niece of Private LEONARD JAMES SPRINGETT. |
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What other people have said
George Bunn
The Uncle I was named after but never met.
On Saturday, June 14, 2014