BORN HULL 1890. SON OF THOMAS & MARIA BURNS, OF 37 ALDBRO STREET, SYKES STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 13/01/1915. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/03/1915, AGED 25.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/10/1916. HE LEFT BROTHER THOMAS BURN.
HE IS RECORDED KILLED ON THE SYKES STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 09 October 1916).
HIS NAME IS RECORED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH, JARRATT STREET, HULL
First name:
JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
9585
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/03/1915
Place died:
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
25
