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To the Glory of God
and in loving memory of
Captain Arthur George McCausland Burn
2nd Bn East Surrey Regiment
attached 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regiment
only son of
Lieut-Colonel A. G. Burn, Indian Army and Katherine, his wife
born 22nd December 1882. Killed in action near
Gheluvelt, Flanders at the First Battle of Ypres
29th October 1914
Pro Rege et Patria
Requiscat in Pace
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St Michael and All Angels Mansel Lacy
Herefordshire
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Arthur George McCausland
Burn
22nd December 1882
Dorunda, Chota Nagpore, India
29th October 1914
Killed in action near Gheluvelt as D Company, Arthur's company was asked to advance and meet the German attack
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Menin Gate, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
First World War
Captain
2nd Battalion East Surrey Regiment
Attached 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, D Company
On leave when war broke out, ordered to report to 1st Glosters for action
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