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Burt W C Pte G/11308 23rd Middlesex Regiment

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Burt W C Pte G/11308 23rd Middlesex Regiment

BURT, WILLIAM CHARLES, Private, 23rd (Service) Battn. The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regt.), eldest s. of Charles George Burt, of 5, Scott Villas, Hounds Green Road, New Southgate, N., Driver on the Great Eastern Railway, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Lucking: b. Stratford New Town. London, E., 28 Feb. 1894 educ. Cornhall Road School, Leytonstone, E.; was a Coach Builder and Painter; enlisted 13 Nov. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from May, 1916, and was killed in action 1 Oct. following. Buried at Martinpuich: unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Burr A F L/Cpl 240711 5th Gordon Highlanders

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BURR, ANDREW FOWLER, L.-Corpl.. No. 240711, 5th (Territorial) Battn. The Gordon Highlanders, s. of James Youngson Burr, of Castle Hill, Methlick, Farmer, by his wife. Maggie Ann, dau. of the late Thomas Wyness: b. Ellon, co. Aberdeen, 6 April, 1894: educ. Methlick Public School; assisted his father on the farm: volunteered for active service, and joined the Gordon Highlanders in Nov. 1914: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 1 Nov. 1915, and was killed in action before St. Quentin 21 March. 1918. Buried at St. Quentin. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was one of the finest men in his battalion; a good man, in every sense, up the line.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

 

Burnside W Piper 76216 29th Canadian Expeditionary Force

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BURNSIDE, WALTER, Private and Piper, No. 76216, 29th Battn.. 6th Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, s. of Walter Burnside, of Eynesbury, Sutherland Street. Sydney (formerly of Glasgow), by his wife, Jane; b. Melbourne. Victoria, Australia, 16 Oct. 1888 educ. Marrickville Public School, Sydney: went to the United States in Feb. 1913, and after the outbreak of war, in Ang. 1914, proceeded to Vancouver; enlisted in the Canadian Infantry 4 May, 1915: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 8 Sept. following, and was killed in action during the engagement at Passchendaele 6 Nov. 1917. while acting as Stretcher Bearer. Buried at Ypres: unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Burns T L/Cpl 15731 12th Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders

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BURNS, THOMAS, L.-Corpl., No. 15731, 12th (Service) Battn. Princes Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), only s. of (-) Burns, by his wife. C. (77, Logie Street, Lochee), dan. of the late Robert Rosamond: b. Lochee, co. Forfar, 23 Jan. 1886; educ. Roman Catholic School there; enlisted in the 2nd Worcestershire Regt. in 1904; served three years with the Colours and nine in the Reserve; was called up on mobilization 4 Aug. 1914: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, taking part in the retreat from Mons, and in the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne in the following Sept.: was wounded at the Aisne, and invalided home, being subsequently temporarily discharged for one year; re-enlisted voluntarily, before the time was expired, in the 12th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders: proceeded to Salonika in 1916. and died there 24 Oct. 1918, of wounds received in action. Buried in Colonial Hill British Cemetery, Doivan; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Burnett A Pte 242240 5th Gordon Highlanders

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BURNETT, ARTHUR, Private. No. 242240. 1/5th (Territorial) Battn. The Gordon Highlanders, only surv. s. of William Burnett, of Old Lodge, Glendye. Strachan. Banchory, co. Kincardine, by his wife, Helen, dau. of Thomas Donaldson. of Orkney, Grocer: b. Tarland, co. Aberdeen. 7 March. 1898: educ. Glendyr aforesaid was an Estate Worker; joined the Gordon Highlanders 9 Aug. 1915: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 1 Aug. 1916. and was killed in action at Soissons 28 July, 1918; unm..

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

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