Police Constable John Harrison Burns


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Reference WMO/293623

Address:

St Peter's Church

Finsthwaite

LA12 8BJ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Addition to Gravestone
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Unknown
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Addition to family gravestone. He was working for Stretford Borough Police when he was killed- they are not known to have had their own memorial (the force is now subsumed into Greater Manchester Police, but was then part of Lancashire Constabulary. He is commemorated on the Lancashire Constabulary Memorial- WMO/181340.
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In Loving Memory of/ P.C. John Harrison Burns/ only son of/ Harrison and Annie Burns/ who was killed in an air raid/ whilst on duty 23rd Dec 1940/ aged 30 years/ Also of Annie Burns/ Mother of the above/ who died 6th Oct 1956/ aged 67 years/ Harrison Burns/ who died 8th Sept 1964/ aged 78 years/ For ever with the Lord

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