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). |