Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Albert Edward BURGESS
Private 6171 Albert Edward BURGESS
1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Died of Wounds, Tuesday 19th October 1915, 17th Field Ambulance, Belgium, age 20
| Home address: | 136 Nelson Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1895, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Elizabeth Ann Burgess and Samuel Burgess 136 Nelson Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | - |
| Enlisted: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Remembered: | Poperinge New Military Cemetery, Popering, West-Vlannderen, Belgium, plot I, row C, grave 21. |
| Link to Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
Brother to Private 265845 Samuel A. Burgess
From the Hyde Reporter, 13th November 1915, page 7, column 4:
His last letter to his sister Mrs Gibbons, 6 Shenton Street, Flowery Field, Hyde, Cheshire, dated August 17th 1915:
I expect you have heard of the British success. I am very glad to say that I came through without a scratch. We had an awful time. We were under shell fire for seventeen hours. The General told us it was a most infernal bombardment. You never knew what would happen the next minute. It was like waiting for death. There were some awful sights. I am very proud to say the boys stuck it well. I feel very sorry for my comrades who fell, but I thank God that He spared me.
I expect you have heard of the British success. I am very glad to say that I came through without a scratch. We had an awful time. We were under shell fire for seventeen hours. The General told us it was a most infernal bombardment. You never knew what would happen the next minute. It was like waiting for death. There were some awful sights. I am very proud to say the boys stuck it well. I feel very sorry for my comrades who fell, but I thank God that He spared me.