BURKE, EL MUND, Private, No. 136914, 19th Battn. Machine Gun Corps, eldest s. of Mark William Burke, of 29, Spondon Road, Broad Lane, South Tottenham, N., by his wife, Annie; b. Clerkenwell, E.C., 6 May, 1899; educ. Earlsmead School, Tottenham, N.; enlisted 7 May, 1917: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 28 April, 1918, and was killed in action 6 June following. An officer wrote: “I liked him awfully, as did all the men; he was such a nice boy, always willing to do his best under any trying circumstances.” Unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5
