Private Fred Burgess (1882-1915)
Fred Burgess was born in Wassand, Hornsea, East Yorkshire, in 1882. Son of John and Nancy Burgess; husband of Ellen Burgess, of 42, Beaver Road., Beverley, Yorks.
In April 1909 Fred married Ellen Smith at St Nicholas Church, Beverley.
Fred Burgess was a private in the 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment.
He went missing after the Battle of Hooge in Ypres, Flanders, Belgium and was declared ‘presumed dead’ on 9 August 1915.
He remembered on the Menin Gate in Ypres
First name:
FRED
Regiment:
Military Number:
6278
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/08/1915
Place died:
Ypres Memorial, Belgium
Age:
32
