The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private C G Burke


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Private Charles George BURKE, 240932,  6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, death assumed on or since, 30th November 1917, age 29.

Born Lambeth, Middlesex, only son of Charles and Sarah Burke, of 45, Canterbury Place, Lambeth Road, London.


1911 Census - 45, Canterbury Place, Lambeth Road, Lambeth, SE - Charles Burke, head, age 24, single, fancy leather cutter, dressing bags manufacturer, born Southwark, London; Sarah Burke, mother, age 64, widow, married 36 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Walworth, London; Eliza Burke, sister, age 36, single, book folder, born Lambeth, London; Emily Burke, sister, age 30, single, fancy box maker, cardboard box manufacturer, born Southwark, London.


Enlisted Fleet Street, EC, age 29 years & 8 months, height 5ft 10 inches, weight 136lbs. Resided 45, Canterbury Place, Lambeth Road, London. Formerly fancy leather worker.

22nd May 1915, enlisted, 2/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Service No 3277; 6th August 1916 to 22nd August 1916, Military Hospital, Canterbury, abscess; 12th September 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 12th September 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 12th September 1917, arrived 40th Infantry Base Depot, Etaples & posted 3/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th September 1917, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd September 1917, joined Battalion; 30th November 1917, posted missing.

28th November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Mother, Sarah Burke, 45, Canterbury Place, Lambeth Road, SE; Sisters - Eliza Burke, age 45, 45, Canterbury Place, Lambeth Road, SE; Sarah Kemp?, age 42, 45, Canterbury Place, Lambeth Road, SE; Emily Burke, age 39, 45, Canterbury Place, Lambeth Road, SE; Alice Lawson?, age 36, 45, Canterbury Place, Lambeth Road, SE;

Commemorated at  Cambrai Memorial, Panel 8, Nord, France.


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