BURNS David Ernest

  • First Name(s):
    David 
    Ernest 
  • Surname:
    BURNS
  • Service Number:
    127575
  • Rank:

    Captain

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Engineers
  • Corps:
    Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    4th January 1943
  • Age At Death:
    38
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Nairobi War Cemetery, Kenya, Grave 2. E. 11.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of James and Jane Burns, of Birmingham; husband of Eileen Burns, of Birmingham A.M.I.Mech.E.

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

BURNS David Ernest Is Named On These Memorials

Kings Norton Boys School
Kings Norton Boys School WW2 Roll of Honour

Further Information About BURNS David Ernest

1911 Census
89 Springfield Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham
James Burns, head, age 35, Bank clerk
Jane Munro Burns, married 7 years, 3 children all still living
David Ernest Burns, son, age 6, born Kings Norton, Worcestershire
Winifred Elizabeth Munro Burns, daughter, age 5, born Kings Norton, Worcestershire
Helen Marion Henderson Burns, daughter, age 2, born Kings Norton, Worcestershire
Mary Smith, servant, age 17

David Burns was born on 20th July 1904.  He entered Form R at Kings Norton Boys School on 7th September 1915, passed the Oxford S.L. Honours Class III Examination in 1920 and left the school from Form VI on 22nd December 1920.  His home address on the school records was given as 42 Blenheim Road, Moseley.

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