2718797 Guardsman Edward BURKE, 1 Irish Guards: 09/02/1944

Date of Enlistment: circa 1937
Army Number: 2718797
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Edward BURKE
Unit: No. 4 Company 1 Irish Guards

 

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 EDWARD BURKE
Service Number: 2718797
Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn. Irish Guards
Date of Death: 09 February 1944
Age 28 years old
Buried or commemorated at ANZIO WAR CEMETERY
Grave Reference: III, W, 1.
Location: Italy
Additional Info: Son of Michael and Ellen Burke, of Cork, Irish Republic.
Personal Inscription: IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE HE FOUGHT AND FELL. FATHER

 

Campaign Stars & Medals : 4:0
1939-45 Star
Italy Star
Defence Medal
War Medal 1939-45

Application for NOK (1948): Address redacted