Army Number: 2718797 Rank: Guardsman Name: E BURKE Unit: 1 Irish Guards GSM & Clasp: GSM, Palestine Clasp 1936 - 1939 TNA Reference: WO 100/503
Army Number: 2718797 Rank: Guardsman Name: E BURKE Unit: 4 Company, 1 Irish Guards Theatre: Italy Missing Personnel file: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - Italy, Missing Personnel file TNA Reference: WO 361/784 Notes: Date of Payment 8 February 1944, 130 Local Currency Missing 9 February 1944
Casualty Guardsman BURKE, EDWARD Service Number 2718797 Died 09/02/1944 Aged 28 1st Bn. Irish Guards Son of Michael and Ellen Burke, of Cork, Irish Republic. INSCRIPTION: IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE HE FOUGHT AND FELL. FATHER Buried at ANZIO WAR CEMETERY Location: Italy Cemetery/memorial reference: III, W, 1.