6319 Private C Burke, 2nd Battalion the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was serving with his battalion in South Africa when the Second Anglo Boer War started, stationed at Glencoe, Natal along with the 1st Leicestershire Regiment, 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps, 18th Hussars, and the 13th, 67th, and 69th Batteries RFA, under General Penn-Symons. They fought at the battle of Glencoe or Talana Hill on 20 Oct 1899 (10 killed, and over 50 wounded). The battalion retreated to Ladysmith and were present in the action of Lombard's Kop on 30 Oct 1899. They were sent South to occupy Fort Wylie and protect the great bridge over the Tugela, so avoiding getting caught in the seige of Ladysmith, but joined the Kimberley relief force that included both the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Pte Burke was wounded on 12 Nov 1899 at Estcourt, Natal (Source: Natal Field Force Casualty Roll, page 196 line 5). Initially declared missing but died of his wounds 4 days later at Escourt (Natal Field Force Casualty Roll, page 194 line 40).
There is a Pte J Burke of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers commemorated on the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Boer War memorial on the Fusilier Arch, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland (see: http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/Memorials-Detail?memoId=142). Records show that only two soldiers called Burke serving in the regiment died in the war. 6319 Pte C Burke and 1741 Pte W Burke.
Pte Burke is one of the un-named 47 soldiers commemorated on the memorial.
There is a Pte J Burke of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers commemorated on the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Boer War memorial on the Fusilier Arch, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland (see: http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/Memorials-Detail?memoId=142). Records show that only two soldiers called Burke serving in the regiment died in the war. 6319 Pte C Burke and 1741 Pte W Burke.
Pte Burke is one of the un-named 47 soldiers commemorated on the memorial.
6319 Private C Burke, 2nd Battalion the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was serving with his battalion in South Africa when the Second Anglo Boer War started, stationed at Glencoe, Natal along with the 1st Leicestershire Regiment, 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps, 18th Hussars, and the 13th, 67th, and 69th Batteries RFA, under General Penn-Symons. They fought at the battle of Glencoe or Talana Hill on 20 Oct 1899 (10 killed, and over 50 wounded). The battalion retreated to Ladysmith and were present in the action of Lombard's Kop on 30 Oct 1899. They were sent South to occupy Fort Wylie and protect the great bridge over the Tugela, so avoiding getting caught in the seige of Ladysmith, but joined the Kimberley relief force that included both the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Pte Burke was wounded on 12 Nov 1899 at Estcourt, Natal (Source: Natal Field Force Casualty Roll, page 196 line 5). Initially declared missing but died of his wounds 4 days later at Escourt (Natal Field Force Casualty Roll, page 194 line 40).
There is a Pte J Burke of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers commemorated on the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Boer War memorial on the Fusilier Arch, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland (see: http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/Memorials-Detail?memoId=142). Records show that only two soldiers called Burke serving in the regiment died in the war. 6319 Pte C Burke and 1741 Pte W Burke.
Pte Burke is one of the un-named 47 soldiers commemorated on the memorial.
There is a Pte J Burke of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers commemorated on the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Boer War memorial on the Fusilier Arch, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland (see: http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/Memorials-Detail?memoId=142). Records show that only two soldiers called Burke serving in the regiment died in the war. 6319 Pte C Burke and 1741 Pte W Burke.
Pte Burke is one of the un-named 47 soldiers commemorated on the memorial.
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