Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
William Burns
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no: N/A
- Rank: Lieutenant
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Staffordshire Yeomanry
- Unit/Ship: Attached to 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death:
- Date of Death: 21.03.1918
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Arras Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Bay 1
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth:
- Address: 24 Lavenham Rd, Southfields, London
- Occupation:
- Mother:
- Father:
John S. Burns
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about William Burns
For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour, but is remembered on Dundee’s Morgan Academy Roll of Honour.
William Burns Lieutenant Staffordshire Yeomanry
BURNS―Killed in action in France on 21st March, Lieutenant William Burns, Staffordshire Yeomanry (attached 2nd Sherwood Foresters), eldest son of John S. Burns, late of Maryfield, Dundee.
Dundee People’s Journal 11th May 1918
Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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