BORN LEEDS 1877. ENLISTED LEEDS. BROTHER OF THOMAS BURKE, OF 38 , SPENCER STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS. SERVED WITH THE 1ST KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/05/1915, AGED 37. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIS GATE MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS UNMARRIED WIFE, ANNIE RYDER AT 6 ALBERT STREET, ROCHDALE, LANCASHIRE. THEY HAD ONE SON, FRANCIS.
First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
7797
Rank:
Private
Date Died
08/05/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
38
