Edinburgh John Burns WW11 Arctic Convoy Hero Edinburgh Castle Funeral

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Some memories of John Burns an Edinburgh Royal Mile Institution. Born, worked and lived his life in The royal Mile. Sadly he passed away 23rd March 2008. He was a Arctic convoy Hero and Veteran and worked in Edinburgh Castle for many years. Missed by all ...

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  • Great vid-respect to John. My Uncle served too,on HMS Somali-he got torpedoed coming back from Archangel too!!

  • Thanks for the kind words. If only today's generation knew what these old boys went through. Thanks

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  • I salute you....my father also served....on the Skeena...He was born in Edinburg

  • miss you grandad xxx

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  • Lovely video and tribute, look how young John is at 1 min in! My Dad was also on the convoys, people forget they were just young lads

  • Arctic Convoy Veteran, Norman Scath needs help. Follow on Twitter

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    Solitarily confined without medications, Leeds Prison, UK

  • this video is really good, i really miss uncle john :(, hope he's somewhere better now xxxx

  • If it werent for those brave old heros, we wouldnt have the great life we have today, the youth of today just dont seem to realise the pain and the suffering these silent heros sufferd

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