Holder's service details:
Edward L Burdekin
Regiment or Corps: Royal Fusiliers
Regimental Number: E/786
Private, then Lance Corporal. Entered France & Flanders theatre 17 November 1915, killed in action 11 March 1916.
Edward Lewis Burdekin
Birth Place: St. Giles, London
Residence: Hampstead Road, N.w.
Death Date: 17 Mar 1916
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: London
Rank: L Corporal
Regiment: London Regiment
Battalion: 17th Battalion
Regimental Number: E/786
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
E L Burdekin
Military Year: 1914-1915
Rank: Lance Corporal
Medal Awarded: 1914-15 Star
Regiment or Corps: Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Regimental Number: E/786
Sub Unit: 17th Battalion
Edward Lewis Burdekin
Military Year: 1914-1920
Rank: Lance Corporal
Medal Awarded: British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps: Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Regimental Number: E/786
Previous Units: 17/R. Fus. Pte. E/786
17th (Service) Battalion (Empire)
Formed in London on 31 August 1914 by the British Empire Committee.
26 June 1915 : came under command of 99th Brigade, 33rd Division.
Landed in France on 17 November 1915.
25 November 1915 : transferred with the Brigade to 2nd Division.
13 December 1915 : transferred to 5th Brigade, 2nd Division.
6 February 1918 : transferred to 6th Brigade in same Division.
Medal condition:
Extremely Fine. Mounted and glazed.
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