This memorial page is dedicated to Allan Burns, one of more than 725 war victims connected to the municipality of Deurne documented by Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers. The municipality of Deurne and the surrounding villages of Liessel, Vlierden, Helenaveen, Neerkant and Zeilberg were liberated in the autumn of 1944 during heavy fighting. Victims fell on all sides: Allied soldiers from countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and New Zealand, and German soldiers.

But the archive covers more than just the combat victims on Deurne soil. Residents of Deurne who lost their lives elsewhere are also commemorated: civilians who were murdered in concentration camps, forced labourers who died in Germany, people who were executed or succumbed to the effects of persecution and oppression. In addition, residents of Deurne who entered German military service and were killed elsewhere are also included.

Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers has been documenting the story of all these people since 1995, without distinction of nationality, side or background. The goal is to give every person a name and a face, and to keep their memory alive.

 

Name: Burns
First names: Allan
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 00-00-1923
Place of birth: in Kelton Parish
Residence: Rhonehouse
Rank / Occupation: Private
Identity tag: 14214414
Unit: King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 6th Battalion
Date of death: 26 November 1944
Place of death: Neerkant
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: Mierlo War Cemetery
Memorial site: Rhonehouse Village Hall War Memorial

Additional information

Grave location: V. C. 6.

Aged 21. Son of Francis Solley Burns and Marion Burns-McLaughlan, of Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire.

Allan Burns’s field grave was situated near Heitrak No. 32a in Neerkant.

Letter from Allan Burns to his sister, 13 November 1943
Brief van Allan Burns aan zijn zus, 13 november 1943

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