Name
Alfred Montague Burns
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
08/09/1918
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
306796
London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
5th (City of London) Bn. posted to London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
SAULCOURT CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, GUYENCOURT-SAULCOURT
A. 18.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Royal Masonic School Memorial, Rickmansworth
Pre War
Born on 19 Feb 1895 in Auchtermuchty, Alloa, Ayrshire son of Dr. Alfred Hugh and Frances Burns later of Croydon.
Educated at the Royal Masonic School 1905-11, he worked in the insurance business.
Wartime Service
Enlisted on 6 Aug 1914 formerly 2038 12th London Regiment and entered France in Dec 1914. In 1915 he was invalided home with frost-bite in his feet and was in hospital for four months.
He served in England until he volunteered again for France in Jul 1918 despite severe trouble with his feet. He was killed by a machine gun at Ephey while attacking the enemy.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Old Masonians Association
