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Burn, Cuthbert John
Rank : Lieutenant
Unit : 3rd Bn, 1st Bn, 9th Bn
Biography :
Educated at Clifton College and Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Cuthbert Burn was commissioned 2Lt into 3rd Bn The Leicestershire Regiment on 15.12.194. Entered France in Oct 1914 in 2nd Bn The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and was wounded at Ypres on 7.11.1914. On 8.3.1915 he was promoted Lt in 3rd Bn The Leicestershire Regiment, and posted to 9th Bn. Wounded serving with the 1st Bn at Ypres in early August 1915. Later served with the 9th Bn, and was killed in action 1.10.1917, aged 24. He is commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. The photo from Clifton College Archives is of him at Clifton College in 1911.
Date of Birth : 6.6.1893
Place of Birth : Sydenham
Date of Death : 1.10.1917
Place of Death : Belgium
Civil Occupation : student engineer
Period of Service : 1914-17
Conflicts : WW1
Places Served : France and Flanders
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