Lance Corporal
Michael Burns
Military Details
Service Number: 5973
Regiment & Unit / Ship
2nd Border Regiment
Enlisted
4 August 1914
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
4 August 1914
Place of Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Residence at Enlistment
Delavel , Gateshead
Rank at Enlistment
Pte
Battalion at Enlistment
2nd
Service Number at Enlistment
5973
Service History
Served in 1st Bttn. Border Regt. in South African War
Transfer Details
Regiment Transferred To
Border Regiment
Battalion Transferred To
2nd
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1881
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor, Cumberland
Religion
Methodist
Residence (Census)
35 Wakefield Terrace, Eighton, Gateshead. Lodging with Mrs Doddy and family
Parents
Robert John Burns
Siblings
Elizabeth
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Coal Miner
Work Address
Ravensworth Colliery, Eighton, Gateshead
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
12th March 1915
Age at Death
32
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Lens
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of Neuve Chappelle
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
2nd
Rank at Death
Lance Corporal
Buried or Commemorated at
LE TOURET MEMORIAL
France
Grave Position: Panel 19 and 20.
Private Memorial: Methodists Church WW 1 memorial
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