BURLING, WILLIAM GEORGE, Private. No. 69803, 1st Battn. (2nd Foot) The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.), s. of William Albert Burling, of 21. Rigby Street. Colne, by his wife, Alice Mary, dau. of William Denney, of Gosfield, co. Essex b. Forest Gate, co. Essex, 2 Jan. 1899; educ. Colchester, and Colne: was a Weaver: enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers 7 May, 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 28 Jan. 1918, and was killed in action at St. Waast 6 Nov. 1918. Buried at La Vallée. St. Waast. His Commanding Officer wrote: “Your dear son was one of our best men and very popular. He bravely did his duty on all occasions, and it grieves me very much to lose him,” and his Sergt.: “He was one of the best in the platoon, and we all miss him greatly. He died doing his duty bravely, like a man, when we were in a particularly tight corner.” Unm
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5