Lieutenant Colonel CHARLES JAMES BURKE
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Irish Regiment
2nd Bn.
Date of Death
Died 09 April 1917
Age 35 years old
- Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Distinguished Service Order
- Additional Info Son of Michael Charles Christopher Burke and Amy Burke, of Ballinahone House, Armagh; husband of Beatrice O. Burke, of Stoney Cockbury, Winchcombe, Glos. Went to France August, 1914, in command of No. 2. Squadron, Royal Flying Corps.
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