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Edward Edwin Burns

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Edward Edwin Burns

September 20, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

136319

Age:

34

Force:

Army

Unit:

4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)

Additional Information

Born:

August 18, 1882

Son of Mrs. E. Burns, of 47, Butterland St., East Rd., London; husband of Elizabeth A. Burns, of Brampton, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 61 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

II. B. 3.

Location:

Warloy-Baillon is a village about 21 kilometres north-east of Amiens and 10 kilometres west of Albert. The WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY is on the east side of the village and the EXTENSION is on the eastern side of the cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Death notice– 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 337 of 926.

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    Death notice
    Death notice – 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 337 of 926.
  • Photo of EDWARD EDWIN BURNS– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of EDWARD EDWIN BURNS – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram June 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Edward Burns– Caption (pg. 377): Soldiers of Peel Who Lost Their Lives During the Great War. Author - William Perkins Bull. "From Brock to Currie: the military development and exploits of Canadians in general and of the men of Peel in particular, 1791 to 1930." Toronto, 1935.

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    Photo of Edward Burns
    Photo of Edward Burns – Caption (pg. 377): Soldiers of Peel Who Lost Their Lives During the Great War. Author - William Perkins Bull. "From Brock to Currie: the military development and exploits of Canadians in general and of the men of Peel in particular, 1791 to 1930." Toronto, 1935.
  • Group Photo– Lance Corporal Edward Edwin Burns is included in this group portrait of Brampton Ontario men. Source: William Perkins Bull. "From Brock to Currie: the military development and exploits of Canadians in general and of the men of Peel in particular, 1791 to 1930." Toronto 1935, pg. 400.

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    Group Photo
    Group Photo – Lance Corporal Edward Edwin Burns is included in this group portrait of Brampton Ontario men. Source: William Perkins Bull. "From Brock to Currie: the military development and exploits of Canadians in general and of the men of Peel in particular, 1791 to 1930." Toronto 1935, pg. 400.
  • Grave marker

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker
  • Photo of Edward Burns– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Edward Burns
    Photo of Edward Burns – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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