BORN HULL 27/05/1896. SON OF ROSE HANNAH KENNEY (1873-1946) & THE LATE JOHN BURGESS. HIS STEP FATHER WAS WILLIAM THOMPSON. HIS MOTHER, ROSE, LIVED AT 41 STRICKLAND STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE WAS TRIMMER IN THE ROYAL NAVY RESERVE. DIED ON 06/07/1917, AGED 21.
HE IS BURIED WITH HIS OLDER BROTHER PTE, JOHN WILLIAM BURGESS, EYR, WHO DIED ON 03/04/1916 AGED 23, AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. THEIR NAMES ARE LISTED ON THE WALKER STREET WAR MEMORIAL.
First name:
ERNEST
Military Number:
2228
Rank:
Trimmer
Date Died
06/07/1917
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
21
