BORN HULL 1893. 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 ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 4011, THE 2/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF PYTHESIS, ON 3/04/1916, AGED 23. HE IS BURIED WITH HIS BROTHER, IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
THEIR NAMES ARE LISTED ON THE WALKER STREET WW1 MEMORIAL. HIS BROTHER TRIMMER, ERNEST BURGESS, ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, DIED ON 6/07/1917, AGED 21. THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED ON THE FAMILY GRAVE AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
NOTE: JOSEPH BURGESS, LIVED AT 6 HASLEMERE AVENUE, EDINBURGH STREET, HULL.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
4011
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/04/1916
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
23
