Pte
Henry Herbert Burns
Military Details
Service Number: 14700
Regiment & Unit / Ship
8th Border Regiment
Enlisted
3 sep 1914
Awards and Medals
The 1914 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
3 sep 1914
Place of Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Pte.
Battalion at Enlistment
8th
Service Number at Enlistment
14700
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1893
Place of Birth
Preston Quarter, Whitehaven
Religion
C of E
Address
194 Frizington Road, Frizington
Residence (Census)
194 Ennerdale View Frizington
Residence (Roll of Honour)
194 Frizington Road, Frizington
Parents
Henry Tyson Burns 1860 -1921, Grace Harper 1867 -1899 Stepmother Jane Beck
Siblings
Florence,William,Margaret,John C,Thomas,Robert Tyson,Sarah A,Joseph
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Blacksmith Striker
Work Address
Lowca Engineering Works
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
18th April 1918
Age at Death
24
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds
Place of Death
Hill 63
Theater of Action
First Battle of Kemmel
Battle
First Battle of Kemmel
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
8th
Rank at Death
Pte
Notes
At the time of his death, his brother,Private William H Burns was also in hospital with GSW to his arm
Buried or Commemorated at
GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY
Belgium
Grave Position: I. Q. 35.
Private Memorial: Frizington War Memorial
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