PFF Posted 18 November , 2012 Share Posted 18 November , 2012 http://www.irishbrigade.eu/recruits/burke.html CWGC record http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3108995/BURKE,%20HARRY%20EDWARD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 5 December , 2012 Share Posted 5 December , 2012 PFF Thanks, you may well have solved this one. I think the balance of probability is that it is him. I will need to do some more work but :- 1. The family information was that he disappeared / been killed in England 39/40. for some reason they thought he may have died as a result of a direct hit in a bomb shelter. 2. His wife also has a CWGC grave and she died same night at 468 Forest Road, Walthamstow. There were other deaths in that road that night. Pointing to bombing 3. Death was 29/09/1944, but his age is correct. 4. I cannot get a press report of a raid, but I do not have access to local papers 5. There is a fair among of stuff available about bombing in Walthamstow, and there seems to have been a flying bomb hitting Forest Road, but I cannot get a good reference I have updated my notes on Burke - click Maybe someone can get the raid info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFF Posted 5 December , 2012 Author Share Posted 5 December , 2012 Glad to be of help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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