IN LOVING MEMORY OF:

James Burke 18-May-15


First Name: James
Last Name:Burke
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Irish Guards
Military Number:1228
Place of Birth:Bishop Street / Dublin Road Tuam
Place of Death:France
Date of Death:18-May-15
Age:35
Additional Information:

Killed in Action: (France) 18 May 1915. Age 34.

Supplementary Notes: Awarded Mons Star. Son of John & Bridget Burke of Bishop Street, Tuam, Co. Galway.

Just before the a attack in which he was killed,  it was reported that he jokingly said that the Kaiser never got the range of him or never would.

Remembered: Le Touret Memorial-Pas de Calais-France (4).


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Irish Guards

Le Touret Memorial-Pas de Calais-France. (27 & 28

Le Touret Memorial-Pas de- Calais-France(27 & 28)