Friday, 14 October 2016

Royal Fusiliers casualty: Lance Corporal E L Burdekin, 17th (Service) Battalion (Empire), March 1916

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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