BORN HULL 24/10/1897. ELDEST CHILD OF GEORGE HENRY BURNHAM & JULIA PEARSON (1865-1930), OF 2, IRENE AVENUE, LORAINE STREET AND 35, LORRAINE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSIN ADDRESS). SON OF A GENERAL LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS, ERNEST, GEORGE AND ARTHUR AND ONE SISTER, MARY. ANOTHER SISTER, LILY DIED YOUNG.
WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY FOR AN OIL MANUFACTURER AND THEN A TELEPHONIST WHEN HE ENLISTED.
ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 03/01/1916, AGED 19. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 2 INCHES TALL, 194 LBS WEIGHT, 31-33 INCH CHEST.
FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 14/185, EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 53RD KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY, A YOUNG SOLDIERS GARRISON BATTALION. APPOINTED ACTING CORPORAL, ON 01/07/1917. DIED OF CARDIAC FAILURE, IN HOSPITAL AT IPSWICH ON 24/10/1917, HIS BIRTHDAY.
DAUGHTER EVA. BURIED AT HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. LISTED ON STONEFERRY ROH SUTTON.
