Herts at War - a community led project to commemorate the diverse experiences of Hertfordshire during the First World War.

Name

Ignatius Burke

Conflict

First World War

Date of Death / Age

Rank, Service Number & Service Details

Royal Navy

Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards

Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country

Headstone Inscription

Not Researched

UK & Other Memorials

Not on the St Edmund’s College Memorial, Standon

Biography

The following text was transcribed from the The Edmundian (1814-1819) – The contemporary magazine of St Edmund’s College:

Ignatius Burke was a student in the class of Syntax for six months of last year. On leaving the College he passed for the Navy after undergoing an operation. But illness recurred, and in a short time he was compelled to retire. Alter a great deal of medical attendance, a chill made him take to his bed again on Oct. 1st, and he died two days later.

Additional Information

Not in the CWGC records

Acknowledgments

Jonty Wild, Di Vanderson, The Edmundian (1814-1819) – The contemporary magazine of St Edmund’s College