Bourne J P Rfn 305208 5th London Regiment

Bourne J P Rfn 305208 5th London Regiment

Bourne J P Rfn 305208 5th London Regiment

BOURNE, JOHN PULSFORD, Rifleman, No. 305208, 5th Battn. (The Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of John Howe Bourne, of 38, Earlston Road, Wallasey, co. Chester, Chartered Accountant, by his wife, Eliza Pulsford, dau. of the Rev. A. J. French, B:A.; b. New Brighton, co. Chester, 12 Nov. 1898; educ. Somerville Preparatory School, New Brighton; Wallasey Grammar School, and Woodhouse Grove, Apperley Bridge, co. York; joined the London Rifle Brigade in Feb. 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Jan. 1918, and died while a prisoner of war in a Saxon Field Hospital 26 March following, from wounds received in action. Buried in the Military Cemetery, Hordam [Grave No. 145]; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5