# William Burns (1815–1942)

Western Cemetery, Dundee, Tayside, Scotland. Stone 733.

Page: https://kirkyards.scot/dundee-western-cemetery/733

## Face 1

```text
WILLIAM BURNS
DIED 5TH JUNE [1927?]

A
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT
FROM THE EMPLOYEES
OF
BURNS & HARRIS LTD DUNDEE
```

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## Face 1

```text
WILLIAM BURNS
BORN 14TH MAY 1856 - DIED 5TH JUNE 1923
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## Face 1

```text
JESSIE MURRAY
WIFE OF WILLIAM BURNS
BORN 22ND DEC 1858 - DIED 13TH OCT 1941.
```

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## Face 1

```text
JAMES BURNS
KILLED IN ACTION AT FESTUBERT, FRANCE,
(LONDON SCOTTISH REGIMENT)
[13TH?] MAY 1815, AGED 23.
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## Face 1

```text
JOHN MURRAY BURNS
DIED IN CALCUTTA,
23RD FEB 1942, AGED 46.
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## Face 1

```text
ELIZABETH BURNS
DIED 8TH MARCH 1937.
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## Face 1

```text
SUSIE BURNS
DIED 23RD NOVEMBER 1889.
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Square brackets mark uncertain readings. The title is guessed from the inscription.

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