W – Burgess – Great Central Railway – Sapper – 30/12/1917

Title

W – Burgess – Great Central Railway – Sapper – 30/12/1917

Initials / forenames

W

Surname

Burgess

Railway company

Great Central Railway

Military unit

Royal Engineers, 96th Light Railway Operating Coy

Military rank

Sapper

Military number

290150

Railway department

Altrincham, Goods Dept

Railway job

Goods Porter

Date died

30/12/1917

Magazine reference

Great Central Railway Journal, March 1918, p.169

Memorial

Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery

Notes

Age 35, son of Thomas and Anne Burgess, of Altrincham, Cheshire. Drowned in Egypt.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Citation

“W – Burgess – Great Central Railway – Sapper – 30/12/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/60002.