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Military service
Age:
27
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Enlistment:
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
October 1, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. B. 1.
Additional information
Son of Edward Doyle Burgess and Sarah Jane Burgess, of 66, Stanley St., London, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Edward Francis Burgess
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Photo of Edward Francis Burgess
Enlisted March 1915, with the 36th Battalion as a private, earning his commission on the battefield. Killed at Cambrai. -
Newspaper Clipping
Letter from Lt. Edward F. Burgess. Lt. Burgess indicates that he was wounded on June 4th. The Canadians were among those who fought in the Battle of Mt. Sorrel, June 2-13, 1916. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 107 of 926. -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Francis Burgess
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Francis Burgess
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Francis Burgess
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Francis Burgess
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Francis Burgess
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Francis Burgess
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Francis Burgess
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 377 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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