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.