Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Book, of Southwick; _b._ Southwick, 26 Dec. 1873; educ. Southwick Board School, and was a miner. He enlisted for the period of the war, 29 July, 1915; went to France the following week; was invalided home, 16 Sept. 1915; and died on active service, 13 Oct. 1915, following an operation for appendicitis. He _m._ at St. Columbus, Southwick, 7 June, 1887, Isabella (18, Edward Murdis Street, Southwick, Sunderland), dau. of James Turnbull, of Southwick, and had seven children: Edward, _b._ 19 Sept. 1888; James, _b._ 28 Aug. 1889; Sidney, _b._ 2 May, 1903; Nicholas, _b._ 29 Dec. 1908; Thomas, _b._ 28 Dec. 1910; Mary, _b._ 7 May, 1905; and Jenny, twin with Thomas. [Illustration: =Edward Burdon.=] =BURGES, WILLIAM ARMSTRONG=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles, 2nd _s._ of the late Francis Lockie Burges, of Irwin House, Irwin, Western Australia, Squatter, and grandson of the late Francis Carleton Burges, of Fethard, co. Tipperary, M.D.; _b._ Irwin aforesaid, 3 June, 1889; educ. Campbell College, Belfast; Armagh Royal School, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Battn. Royal Irish Rifles, 20 April, 1910, transferred to the 1st Battn. 20 April, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 15 Oct. 1914; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, while leading a charge of his platoon, 10 March, 1915; _unm._ Rifleman James Scott of this regt. wrote that in the attack on the German second line they "were met with a murderous fire from a machine gun which for an instant made our men waver. An officer, Lieut. Burges, leading our platoon, No. 8, B Coy., dashed into a stream of water which reached to his neck, and which ran parallel to the second German line wire entanglements. He called out as he plunged into the water: 'Follow me, No. 8; be quick and we will capture that machine gun.' Straight away every man followed this gallant officer. Once across the stream, 'Form up, No. 8,' and away we went towards the machine gun like hounds after the hare. We followed this officer over the German third line of trenches, and away in full cry towards the village of Neuve Chapelle, in our efforts to capture the accursed machine gun, which was playing the deuce with our men. Dashing forward to a wood on our right where the gun was concealed, our gallant officer received a bullet wound in the neck, which ended in his death.... As our Colonel said, by his dash and contempt of death, he brought victory to our arms and credit to our regt. At 12 noon our regt. found itself close up to the village, more advanced than any other regt. of the division, thanks to the gallant lead of a gallant officer." Lieut. Burges was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French's Despatch of 5 April [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for gallant and distinguished conduct in this action. [Illustration: =William A. Burges.=] =BURGESS, HERBERT WILLIAM=, 1st Class Stoker, Ch/SS. 103633, R.F.R., B. 7981, R.N.R., _s._ of Charles Henry Burgess, of 2, Gills Cottages, Wouldham, Rochester, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late John Callhoming; _b._ Wouldham, 25 Jan. 1890; educ. National School there; joined the Navy 2 April 1906, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy, 22 Sept. 1914, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea; _unm._ [Illustration: =Herbert William Burgess.=] =BURGESS, JOHN DONALD=, Volunteer, King's East African Mounted Rifles, 3rd _s._ of Rev. Samuel Burgess, of 10, Holly Road, Edgbaston, by his wife, Annie, dau. of the late John Peed, of Whittlesey, Solicitor; _b._ Guilsborough, Northampton, 23 March, 1876; educ. Eastman's Royal Naval Academy, Southsea. At the outbreak of the European War was the Engineer of the Magadi Soda Co., but immediately joined the King's Mounted Rifles, and was killed in action at Ingito Hill, British East Africa, 25 Sept. 1914. His commanding officer wrote: "He was one of a party of 30 men who had followed up what was said to be a smaller party of Germans, but when they came up with them were found to consist of about 150 men with two maxims. The Germans opened fire at once, and for a time there was some little confusion. The four men of the Magadi Force, one of whom was your husband, stood fast, however, and returned the fire, and then our men rallied. This lasted for about 10 minutes, when the Germans started to advance. The officer in command decided that our men could not hold out, so he ordered a retirement, and Burgess and three others were told off to cover it. They lay down, taking cover as best they could, and when next day our men went out (the Germans having retired) all four were found dead, just as they had laid down; and if ever men gave their lives to save others, it was those four." He _m._ at Christ Church, Woburn Place, London, 21 Oct. 1902, Ethel M., 2nd dau. of the late W. J. Roseby, of Doncaster, and left two daus.: Kathleen Constance and Joyce Averil. =BURGESS, RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10674), 238875, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BURGESS, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111339, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BURGESS, WILLIAM HENRY GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3611), 185552, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =DE BURIATTE, JOHN PHILIP=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt., yr. _s._ of William Warwick de Buriatte, of The Mill House, Wraysbury, co. Bucks, by his 1st wife, Mary, dau. of James Edmund Huxley, M.D., and niece of Prof. Huxley; _b._ Aylesford, Kent, 28 Oct. 1887; educ. Dulwich College, and Manchester University, where he studied in the Faculty of Technology, in chemical technology (paper manufacture) from 1905-8; joined the Artists' Rifles in 1912, and went to France as Sergt. with them, 28 Oct. 1914; was given a commission in the 2nd East Surrey Regt., 14 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action leading his platoon at Lindenhoeck during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915, and was buried 20 yards behind the trenches. [Illustration: =John Philip de Buriatte.=] =BURINI, CHARLES LEWIS=, Sergt., No. 7510, 2nd Battn. Yorkshire Regt. (the "Green Howards"), _s._ of the late Sergt. Lewis Augustus Burini, for ten years drill instructor of the local company of the 2nd Vol. Battn. of the Yorkshire Regt., by his wife, Maria (Scorton, Darlington), dau. of William Winslow, of Trowbridge, co. Wilts (who served for 21 years in the Army); _b._ Norton, Malton, co. York, 2 Aug. 1891; educ. Bower Memorial Schools, Norton; enlisted 2 Oct. 1903, appointed L.-Corpl. 16 Feb. 1914, served in India for 15 months, in Africa for three years, and with the Expeditionary Force in France from 5 Oct. 1914 to 20 March, 1915, on which latter date he was severely wounded in the head in action at Neuve Chapelle, and died in No. 2 Stationary Hospital at Boulogne, 20 March following; _unm._ He was buried in the Casten Cemetery there, grave No. 136. [Illustration: =Charles Lewis Burini.=] =BURKE, CORNELIUS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7775), S.S. 103254, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sep |