Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookt. 1914. =BURKE, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9051), S.S. 2130, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BURKE, THOMAS CAMPBELL=, Capt., 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles, 2nd _s._ of Joseph Francis Burke, of Stratford-on-Avon, Civil Engineer, by his wife, Kate Marlow, dau. of the late William Cruickshank, Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals (who served through the Crimean War, for which he received medal, and died at Simla during the Indian Mutiny); _b._ Stratford-on-Avon, 27 May, 1877; educ. Trinity College, Stratford-on-Avon and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattached, Indian Army, 4 Aug. 1897; served his first year with the Royal Irish Rifles; entered the Indian S.C., 23 Oct. 1898, and was appointed to the 125th (Napier's) Rifles, being promoted Lieut. 4 Nov. 1889, and Capt. 4 Aug. 1906. He served in China in 1900 with the 122nd Rajputana Infantry during the Boxer Rebellion, receiving the medal, and was afterwards Assistant Inspector of Imperial Service Troops in Rajputana from 1903-6. After three years' service as Adjutant of the Bangalore Volunteer Rifles (during which time he started the first corps of Boy Scouts in India); he was (26 March, 1912) transferred as Double Company Commander to the 1st Gurkha Rifles, then stationed at Dharmsala, Punjab. On the outbreak of the European War the regt. was ordered to France, but was detained for 10 weeks guarding the Suez Canal, and arrived at the Front late in Nov. 1914. He was killed in action at Festubert, 19 Dec. 1914. He was ordered to lead a party against a German advanced trench, but the men were waist deep in mud, and he was only able to get 24 ready to start, and with these and his subaltern, Lieut. Rundall (who was ordered not to go, but would not let his Capt. go alone), left the trench in broad daylight. The Colonel stated the action was most gallant, and recommended him for the V.C. The Brigade-Major officially reported that Capt. Burke and Lieut. Rundall were killed, and more than 50 per cent. other ranks hit. He _m._ at Agra, 1906, Ada Mary Jane, dau. of the Rev. J. Langshaw. [Illustration: =Thomas Campbell Burke.=] =BURKETT, WALTER=, Private, No. 1976, machine gun section, 17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John Isaac Burkett, of 12, Remus Road, Old Ford, E., by his wife, Annie; _b._ Old Ford, Bow, 26 Dec. 1896; educ. Smeed Road Board School; enlisted, 8 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Morrock, France, on the night of 22 Sept. 1915, being shot through the body while with a working party; _unm._ Sergt. Morgan wrote of him as one of his best men and a general favourite. [Illustration: =Walter Burkett.=] =BURN, JOHN=, Private, No. 8806, 2nd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, _s._ of Thomas Burn, of 113, Conyers Road, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Labourer; _b._ Byker, 27 March, 1885; educ. Jubilee School, Byker Hill; was employed in Locke Blackett's Lead Works, St. Anthony's; joined the Army 29 Aug. 1914; died of wounds received in action at Ypres, 21 Feb. 1915, and was buried in the cemetery there. He _m._ at Byker 6 Aug. 1906, Mary Jane (113, Conyers Road, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne), dau. of Aaron, Richardson, and had three children: Thomas, _b._ 22 Nov. 1906; Margaret Richardson, _b._ 9 Oct. 1908; and Elizabeth Collins, _b._ 28 Dec. 1910. [Illustration: =John Burn.=] =BURN, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 8356, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt. served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 13 Sept. 1914; _m._ =BURNAND, CYRIL FRANCIS=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Grenadier Guards, only _s._ of Charles Hubert Burnand, of 1, Cavendish Square, London, Banker, by his wife, Mary Tirzah, dau. of James Nelson, and grandson of Sir Francis Burnand, late Editor of "Punch"; _b._ at 1, Cavendish Square, London, 31 July, 1891; educ. Downside School, and Trinity College, Cambridge. When the war broke out he was in the General Superintendent's department of the Midland Railway at Nottingham, but immediately offered his services and was given a commission in the Special Reserve of the Grenadier Guards, 18 Aug. 1914, and later appointed to the 1st Battn. at the front. He was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; _unm._ Lieut. Burnand was a Cambridge rowing "blue," and Capt. of the 1st Trinity Rowing Club. [Illustration: =Cyril Francis Burnand.=] =BURNARD. LEONARD=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1153), 149707. H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BURNELL, GEORGE CUTHBERTSON=, 2nd Lieut., 10th Battn. (Liverpool Scottish) King's Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Robert Burnell, of Egremont, co. Chester, by his wife, Mary (The Bungalow, Whitby, near Chester), dau. of John Cuthbertson, of Govan, M.D.; _b._ Egremont, co. Chester, 6 April, 1890; educ. Liscard High School; joined the Liverpool Scottish as a private the day war broke out, and after three months' training at Edinburgh and Tunbridge Wells, went out with his battn., 31 Oct. 1914. He was given a commission in his own regt. 16 March, 1915. He was wounded at Hooge, 16 June, 1915, while leading his platoon in the famous charge of the Liverpool Scottish, and lay on the battlefield for two and a-half days, and at last crawled within sight of the British trenches, when an officer saw him and brought him in. He died at No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 24 June, 1915, from his wounds; _unm._ Lieut. Burnell played Rugby for the Cheshire XV for two seasons, and was a member of the Birkenhead Park Football Club. [Illustration: =George C. Burnell.=] =BURNELL, JOHN SIDNEY=, Private, No. 2321, 2nd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Burnell, an employee of Watney, Coombe & Reid, Brewers, by his wife, Elizabeth (14, Castle Buildings Castle Lane, Westminster), dau. of James Woodland; _b._ Holborn, 7 Sept. 1891; educ. St. Albans, Holborn; enlisted on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action at Armentières, 19 May, 1915. He was buried in Esquingham Cemetery; unm. 2nd Lieut. Frank C. Langley, 2nd Battn. The London Regt., wrote from France: "He was engaged with other fellows filling sandbags when it happened, and he was awfully brave right up to the time he was sent to hospital. I was proud to feel that he was in my platoon"; and the Chaplain, 17th Field Ambulance, writing to his father, said: "Your son ... has died of a bullet wound received yesterday. It went through his right arm and into his stomach. An operation was attempted, but in vain. He did not suffer much pain, and was very calm and brave." The following extract is from a letter to his mother, sent by L.-Corpl. A. N. Fegat, No. 2134, No. 9 Platoon, C Coy., 2nd Battn. London Regt.: "Your son, who was in my section, was wounded yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock. He was working behind the trench when a bullet hit his arm, inflicting a cut 1½ inches long and ¾ inch deep. The bullet then ricochetted across his stomach, inflicting a ve |