Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Booka greatly superior force of the enemy, with two Maxim guns. After an hour's severe fighting the enemy were driven off, but not until the Rifles had lost eight of their number killed, among them Mr. Burridge. The "Morning Post" for 1 Jan. 1915, contained a letter, in which the writer says: "One poor youngster in my section and mess got shot through the leg, and a man named Burridge attended him in the firing line and refused to retreat when the order was given. That was the last seen of either of them alive, for when we returned later the poor boy was found bayoneted through the neck and his companion shot through the head." He was buried in the Ingito Hills the following day, and a handsome brass memorial tablet was placed in Bexley Parish Church. [Illustration: =Arthur Charles Burridge.=] =BURRIDGE, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 15303, H.M.S. Hawke, lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =BURRIDGE, HENRY GARDINER (Lal)=, Lieut., 107th Pioneers, Indian Army, _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Francis John Burridge, R.A. (2nd _s._ of the late William Burridge, of Bradford Court, West Somerset), by his wife, Kitty (The Croft, Lee-on-the-Solent), dau. of Capt. E. Stannard, R.H.A.; _b._ Bareilly, India, 20 Jan. 1890; educ. Winton House, Winchester, Wellington College (1902-8), and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 8 Sept. 1909, he was attached to the North Staffordshire Regt. at Nowshera for a year, and on 31 Dec. 1910, was transferred to the Indian Army and posted to the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs; promoted Lieut. 8 Dec. 1911, he transferred to the 107th Pioneers in 1912, and was killed in action (being shot through the head) while ascertaining the extent of damage done by high explosives at La Bassée, 17 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He was buried in Bethune Cemetery, the men of his company carrying his body back some three miles. His Colonel wrote: "During the short time I knew him I got to recognise and admire his many qualities. He was always bright and jolly whatever his hardships might be, and I have seldom met a more unselfish fellow. He was always keen both at work and play, and was much loved by his men. Since we have been at the front I have much relied on his judgment, and he was my right hand. I miss him greatly. He had endeared himself to me." At Wellington he was second of three brothers in the Anglesey, a school prefect, a member of the XI and XV, and a gentleman of the Hunt, and won the Challenge Cup in 1908. In 1908 he was passed for Sandhurst, but was sent to the infantry company attached to the R.M.A. [Illustration: =Henry G. Burridge.=] =BURRINGTON, HARLEY=, Private, No. 13615, Grenade Coy., 2nd Infantry Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of the late Gilbert George Burrington, of Bridgwater, co. Somerset, Bank Manager, by his wife, Amelia Frances (Burnham, co. Somerset), dau. of Edward Bryant; _b._ Bridgwater, 1 Dec. 1883; educ. Haileybury College; went to Canada in 1902; enlisted on the outbreak of war; came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; went to France in Feb.; was wounded when coming out of the trenches at Festubert, and died in the General Hospital at Boulogne, 23 July, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Eastern Cemetery there. =BURROW, THOMAS=, Private, No. 20447, 10th Battn. 2nd Infantry Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late James Burrow, Water Bailiff (died 1905), by his wife, Agnes (Grange Fell, Grange Over Sands, co. Lancaster), dau. of John Rigg, of Hill Farm, Cartmel; _b._ Grange Over Sands, 5 May, 1893; educ. National School there; went to Canada in 1913, and settled in Alberta. He joined the 103rd Calgary Regt. in 1913, and after the outbreak of war volunteered for service oversea. He came to England with the first Canadian Contingent, was severely wounded at 3 p.m. on 20 March, 1915, in action at Neuve Chapelle, and died the following evening; _unm._ He was buried in Merivale Cemetery, France. [Illustration: =Thomas Burrow.=] =BURROWS, LEOPOLD CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10748), 203733, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BURROWS, SAMUEL JOSEPH=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 12278, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BURSNALL, FRANCIS GEORGE=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1734U, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BURT, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4559), S.S. 103678, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BURTON, ALFRED WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7803, 1st Battn. North Staffordshire Regt., _s._ of the late William Burton; _b._ Haynford, 5 Feb. 1888; educ. there; enlisted 7 Dec. 1904; died 14 March, 1915, of wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle two days previously. He _m._ at Haynford, 7 Oct. 1913, Edith Miriam, dau. of Charles Golding; _s.p._ =BURTON, JAMES ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7513), S.S. 102819, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BURTON, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10637 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BURTON, REES THOMAS=, Private, No. 64831, Royal Field Artillery, _s._ of the late William Burton (died 20 May, 1898); _b._ Tylorstown, co. Glamorgan, 26 Sept. 1888; educ. there; enlisted 24 March, 1911, and had finished his three years' service just five months before the outbreak of war; he immediately rejoined and was killed in action in France between 11 and 14 Sept. 1914; _unm._ =BURTON, WILLIAM HARRY=, Sergt., No. 1420, C Coy., 1st/14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Herbert Burton, of North Street, Atherstone, Foreman Hatter, by his wife, Annie, dau. of William Lucas; _b._ Atherstone, 15 March, 1887; educ. Atherstone Grammar School; joined the London Scottish 1910, and was killed in action at Vermelles, 27 May, 1915; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, Capt. Claud Low, wrote he "was killed by a shell at 10.15 this morning, in a trench about 2,000 yards east of Vermelles. At the moment of writing this letter your son has not been buried but I am making arrangements for this. If the shelling does not stop before nightfall it will be done then. It may interest you to know that when the shells commenced to strike in this section this morning, your son immediately took steps to get his men into safety, and it was in doing so, in the exercise of his duty as a non-commissioned officer, that he lost his life." [Illustration: =William Harry Burton.=] =BUSH, ARTHUR DOUGLAS=, Private, R.M.L.I. (Ports.), 6857, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =BUSH, CHARLES FREDERICK=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 819), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =BUSHELL, WILLIAM THEODORE=, L.-Corpl., No. 2816, A Coy., 16th Battn. (Queen's Westminster) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Arthur Forest Bushell, of 39, Moreton Place, Pimlico, S.W., and Biggin Hill |