Military service
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Son of Edward Doyle Burgess and Sarah Jane Burgess, of 66, Stanley St., London, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Edward Francis Burgess
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Francis Burgess
Enlisted March 1915, with the 36th Battalion as a private, earning his commission on the battefield. Killed at Cambrai.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Francis Burgess
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.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Francis Burgess
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.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Francis Burgess
From the London Free Press June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Francis Burgess
From the London Free Press June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Francis Burgess
From the London Free Press June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Edward Francis Burgess
From the London Free Press October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Enlisted March 1915, with the 36th Battalion as a private, earning his commission on the battefield. Killed at Cambrai.
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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.
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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.
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From the London Free Press June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the London Free Press June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the London Free Press June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the London Free Press October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 377 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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SANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Nord, France
Sancourt is a village in the Department of the Nord 5 kilometres north-west of Cambrai and one kilometre east of the main road to Douai. The SANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is about 635 metres north-west of the village on the old Douai-Cambrai road.
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