In Memory Of

BURGES, WALTER TRAVERS

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1896-06-30
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 3rd Bn. attd. 12th Bn.
Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
Regiment:
 Gloucestershire Regiment
Date of Death:
 1917-05-08
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Fresnoy
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Bay 6.
Cemetery:
 ARRAS MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Archdeacon Ernest Travers Burges and Mrs. Janet Burges, of the Vicarage, Richmond, Natal, South Africa. Born Natal. Educated at Hilton College, Natal. Prefect, Scholar of the Year in 1912; Cambridge Local Preliminary, 2nd Class Honours, in December 1909; Cambridge Local Juniors 3rd Class Honours in December 1911; 2nd Class Matric in 1912; Rugby 1st XV. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918