Private 18196 Francis Burns
The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: King's Own Scottish Borderers - 1st Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: Balkans
Date Entered Therein: 18/07/15
Date of death: 1st of July 1916
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Gateshead, Durham
Burial / Memorial: Thiepval Memorial - Pier and Face 4 A and 4 D.
Family details:
Sister: Annie Hughes is legatee.
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=20]Remembered on St John the Evangelist, Ravenhead War Memorial[/url]
[url=lmem.php?lmem=20]Remembered on St John the Evangelist, Ravenhead War Memorial[/url]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/18196FrancisBurns_1.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/F_Burns_KOSB.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private Francis Burns on the Thiepval Memorial
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
