The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private R Burns

Private Robert BURNS, 202885, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 17716, Dorset Regiment), died of wounds, Flanders France, 21st September 1918.

Born St Pancras, London, Middlesex, son of William & Emily Burns, of 68, Chalton St., Euston Road, London.

1911 Census - 67, Chalton St., Euston Road, London - William Burns, head, age 35, married, cable jointer electric, born St Pancras; Emily Burns, wife, age 37, married 17 years, 7 children, 6 still alive, born Saint Pancras; William John Burns, son, age 16, single, printers assistant, born Saint Pancras; George Henry Burns, son, age 14, born Saint Pancras, deceased; Robert Burns, son, age 12, school, born Saint Pancras; Alfred Burns, son, age 10, school, born Saint Pancras; Emily Louisa Burns, daughter, age 8, school, born Saint Pancras; Charles Burns, son, age 5, school, born Saint Pancras; John Burns, son, age 3, born Saint Pancras.

Enlisted London.

Buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, XXV.D.24., Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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