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From: Forrest Anderson <>
Subject: Re: [WW1] Frank William Burns died WWI
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:29:37 +0000
References: <41E78554.1060702@netxp.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <41E78554.1060702@netxp.com.au>


On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 18:39:48 +1000, Jane Biddulph <>
wrote:

>I am searching for information on my great uncle (Francis William Burns
>born 1895 in Sherbrooke, Quebec Canada) who I know died in WWI. His name
>is found on a memorial in Lennoxville, Quebec Canada but I have not been
>able to find him in the Canadian archives.

>I now believe that he was in the British Army as the Canadian Archives
>do not hold the records for the Canadian soldiers that served with the
>British force.... which would explain why I cannot locate his
>attestation papers.

Sounds a good theory to me!

>I have found various possibilities on the CWGC and I am wondering if the
>SOLDIERS DIED 1914-19 CD has more details then the CWGC site.

As you'll have found out, the CWGC has two men when you do a search for F
W Burns:

10424 Pte Frank William Burns of the 9th Bn West Yorkshire Regiment
38499 Driver F W Burns of the Royal Engineers

Soldiers Died in the Great War also has only two matches for F W Burns,
and for the same men as above. The Private in the West Yorkshire Regiment
was born in Deptford, Middlesex, and resided and enlisted in Yorkshire.

However the Driver from the Royal Engineers is recorded as having the
name forenames Frank William, and was born in Quebec! Here is his entry:

Number38499
RankDriver
SurnameBURNS,
ForenamesFRANK WILLIAM
Regt/CorpsCorps of Royal Engineers
DiedKilled in Action 06/05/1917 in EGYPT.
Born QUEBEC, CANADA
Enlisted in MITCHAM, SURREY
Resided in TOOTING JUNCTION, SURREY
Additional Text: "EL" SIGNAL SECT, RE

It therefore looks extremely likely that the man recorded on the
Lennoxville Memorial is Driver Burns of the British Army's Royal
Engineers.

Forrest


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Forrest Anderson - British Military Genealogical Researcher.
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