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Burn C Lt 3rd Leicestershire Regiment

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BURN, CUTHBERT, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve) Battn. The Leicestershire Regt.. s. of the late Right Rev. William John Burn, Bishop of Quappelle, Canada. by his wife, Mary Maud. Frederica (26 Beaconsfield Road, Clifton, Bristol), dau. of the Rev. S. Banks, of Cottenham Rectory, Cambridge; b. Sydenham, London. S.E., 6 June, 1893 educ. Clifton College Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; was gazetted 2nd Lient. The Leicestershire Regt. in Sept. 1914, and promoted Lient. in Jan. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Oct. 1914; was wounded at Ypres 7 Nov. following on recovery returned to France the following March; was again wounded near Ypres, on a bombing expedition, in Aug. 1915; went back to France in June, 1917, and was killed in action at Polygon Wood, Passchendaele, 1 Oct. following. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was held in the highest respect both by officers and men he fell showing a great example of how an Englishman should die.” Unm

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Burling W G Pte 69803 1st Royal Fusiliers

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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

Burke E Pte 13614 Machine Gun Corps

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Burke E Pte 13614 Machine Gun Corps

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

Burke C J Major DSO 18th Royal Irish Regiment Attd Royal Flying Corps

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Burke C J Major DSO 18th Royal Irish Regiment Attd Royal Flying Corps

BURKE, CHARLES JAMES, D.S.O., Major (Temp. Lient. Col.) 18th (Service) Battn. The Royal Irish Regt., 3rd s. of the late Michael Christopher Burke, of Ballinhone House, Armagh, by his wife, Amy Jervaise; b. Armagh, 9 March, 1882: educ. King’s School, Bruton; obtained a commission 22 May, 1900: served in the South African War, 1899-1901 (Queen’s Medal with five clasps), and later with the West African Frontier Force in 1910 he was employed at the Acroplane and Balloon School, and flew the first aeroplane purchased by the British Government; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Aug. 1914, being attached to the Royal Flying Corps until May, 1916; took a pilot’s certificate of the French Aero Club the following Nov., and was killed in action during the Battle of Arras on 9 April, 1917, while in command of the 1st Battn. The East Lancashire Regt. Buried in Effie Trench Cemetery, Altier-les-Arras. Major Burke was three times mentioned in Despatches [London Gazettes, 9 Dec. 1914 and 1 Jan. 1916] by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French, and London Gazette, 22 May, 1917 by F.M. Sir Douglas Haig, and was also awarded the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 18 Feb. 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He m. in London, 28 April, 1909, Beatrice Osborn, dau, of William Shakespeare, and had four children: Michael Robert James, b. 16 Sept. 1912: Charles Graham, b. 3 Jan. 1914; Amy Beatrice, b. 18 Jan. 1910, and Vivienne Doreen, b. 27 Sept. 1911.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Bunn G W Pte 203055 10th Essex Regiment

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BUNN, GEORGE WILLIAM, Private, No. 203055, 7/10th (Service) Battn. The Essex Regt., 3rd s. of George William Bunn, of Park Farm, Saham Toner, near Watton, Farm Steward, by his wife, Sarah Ann (-); b. Old Buckingham. co. Norfolk, 6 April, 1891; educ. Kenninghall; was a Farm Labourer; enlisted in the Essex Regt. 28 Feb. 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following May; was reported wounded and missing after the fighting at Passchendaele Ridge 22 Oct. 1917, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or about that date; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Bunn E W 2nd Lt 5th Suffolk Regiment

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BUNN, ERNEST WALTON, 2nd Lieut., 5th (Territorial) Battn. The Suffolk Regt., 3rd and yst. s. of Arthur Edwin Bunn, of 6, Hospital Road, Bury St. Edmunds, by his wife, Laura Lavania, dan. of William Blomfield Meggs; b. Bury St. Edmunds, co. Suffolk, 14 April, 1898; edue. Guildhall Feoffment School there; joined the 5th Suffolk Regt. 9 Sept. 1914. but on account of his youth was not accepted for overseas service: gazetted 2nd Lieut. 10 Jan. 1918: and died at No. 2 Eastern General Hospital. Brighton. 11 June following, of wounds accidentally received during bombing practice at Crowborough. Buried at Bury St. Edmunds. His Commanding Officer wrote: “I had the greatest confidence in him, for he was a fine character. Had he the chance, he would have proved a gallant officer in the field.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Bunn E A Pte 1461 4th Middlesex Regiment

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BUNN, ERNEST ARTHUR, Private. No. 1461. 4th (Reserve) Battn. The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regt.), eldest s. of Arthur Bunn, of 19. Town Road, Edmonton, London, N., by his wife, Mary Ann. dau. of Charles Radley; and brother to Able Seaman A. Bunu (q.c.); b. Edmonton, N., in 1884; educ. St. James’s School there; enlisted in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and died 18 May, 1915, from wounds received in action at Bailleul. Buried there; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

 

Bunn A AB 2334 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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BUNN, ALFRED, Able Seaman, No. 2334. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, s. of Arthur Bunn, of 19. Town Road. Edmonton, London.. N., by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of Charles Radley; and brother to Private E. A. Bunn (q.r.): b. Edmonton, N., 1897: edue. there joined the Royal Naval Voluneer Reserve 19 June, 1915, and was lost at sea 12 Jan. 1918, while on active service; unm.

Source : De Rivigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Bunker C J Pte 31773 11th Northumberland Fusiliers

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Bunker C J Pte 31773 11th Northumberland Fusiliers

BUNKER, CHARLES JOHN, Private. No. 31773, 11th (Service) Battn. The Northumberland Fusiliers, s. of John Thomas Bunker, of 20, Burford Road, Catford, S.E., by his wife, Ada Amelia, dau. of an. of Charles Brigden; b. Catford, London, S.E., 27 June, 1893; educ. Kilmore Road Forest County Council School; enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers 7 April, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from June, 1916: subsequently proceeded to Italy, and died there 28 Oct. 1918, of wounds received in action on the Italian front. Buried there. He m. at Lewisham, in 1914, Ellen Georgina, dau. of John Gedge, and had two children: Charles John, b. 5 April, 1915, and Agnes Ada, b. 12 June, 1918.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Bullock T W Lt Col 1st Dorset Regiment

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BULLOCK, THOMAS WILLIAM, Lieut. Col., 1st Battn. (39th Foot) The Dorsetshire Regt., eldest s. of Samuel Bullock, I.S.O., of Holly Nook, Walton-on-Thames, late Superintendent for Wrecks, etc., Board of Trade, by his wife, Fanny Sarah, dau. of the late Edmund Hartley, of Banbury; b. London, 5 July, 1874; educ. privately; at Wilson Grammar School, and King’s College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st West India Regt. 6 Oct. 1900; promoted Lieut. 19 June, 1901: appointed Adjutant 13 June, 1904; promoted Capt. 25 May. 1910, Major 11 Dec. 1915, and Lieut. Col. 28 July, 1917: served with his regiment in Bermuda, Barbadoes and Jamaica, and superintended its transfer to the West Coast of Africa, where he did useful work in the fight with malaria; was attached as Adjutant to the 23rd London Regt. (T.F.) 23 Aug. 1908, transferring to the 1st Dorsetshire Regt. in 1910: he was subsequently appointed Recruiting Officer for Dorset, and Adjutant of the Special Reserve, 2 April, 1912. On the outbreak of war, in Aug. 1914, he was attached to the Wyke Regis Training Camp: served (on the General Staff) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 5 Feb 1016; was lnvalided home the following June; on recovery was appointed Brigade-Major to the 223rd Provincial Brigade: returned to France 15 June, 1917. and was appointed Lient. Col. in command of the 12th Manchester Regt. 28 July following; was transferred to the 5th Leicestershire Regt. 7 Jan. 1918, and to the 1st Dorsetshire Regt. as Lieut. Col. in command on the 21st of the same month, and was killed in action by the bursting of a shell at Donchy-les-Ayette, between Arras and Albert. 11 April following. Buried in Bienvillers Churchyard.

The Brigadier-General of the brigade to which the 1st Dorsetshire Regt, belonged was killed in action at this time, but the Brigadier-General of the ist Manchester Regt. wrote expressing his appreciation of the sterling good work Col. Bullock did while in command of that battalion, and his deep regret that he had not received a reward for all he had done. The Adjutant (of the 1st Dorsetshire Regt.) wrote: “The men are all very cut up about the loss of the colonel. Their letters are full of it, and in several cases I have read: He was the best Commanding Officer we have ever had. He was always so considerate, and looked after the welfare of the men,” and the Doctor also wrote: “He was the finest colonel I have had. without a doubt, and always his first care was for his officers and men, and he used to be most careful to see that they were as comfortable as possible, and was continually asking me whether anything more could be done for their comfort and health. It was a big loss to us.” During his connection with the training camp at Wyke Regis Col. Bullock, in collaboration with another officer, published a booklet entitled: “An Aid to All Instructors.” eight editions of which have since been issued. Prior to the war he also prepared a scheme of mobilization which won distinct approval, and has been extensively used. He m. (1st) at Barbadoes, 12 May. 1003, Constance Lade (who died Nov. 1914), dau. of the late G. H. Snape. M.R.C.S., and had two sons: Reginald Thomas Sinclair, b. 24 Dec. 1904, and Brian Otley. b. 2 Nov. 1910 and (2ndly) at Taunton, 26 Sept. 1916, Millicent Mary, dau. of Samuel White. of Highlands. Taunton; s.p.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5