Private 25766 Walter Robert BURNS
15th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers,formerly 136593, Royal Field Artillery
Killed in action, Sunday 1st April 1917, France, Age 29
Home address:
75 Ridling Lane, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1888, Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:
Sarah C. Burns and John Burns
4 Oldham Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Engaged to Mattie Bennison
11 George Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Occupation:
Letter Press Printer, Newton Bank Printworks
Enlisted:
Hyde, Cheshire
Remembered:
Savy British Cemetery, Aisen, France, plot I, row C, grave 15.
Link to Hyde:
Born in Hyde
The message on his CWGC gravestone, put there by his mother: