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Lieutenant Colonel CHARLES JAMES BURKE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POINT-DU-JOUR MILITARY CEMETERY, ATHIES

III. C. 2.

France

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  • 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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Buried or commemorated at

POINT-DU-JOUR MILITARY CEMETERY, ATHIES
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 800
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