To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

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Acting Bombardier

Arthur Walter Burd

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1881/04/13 - Born Tooting

Christened Arthur Walter Bird

1884/09/05 -  Baptised Balham St Mary, Wandsworth, England

(Surname changed later in life to Burd)

Son of Walter Richard and Thirza (nee Arnold) Bird

1900 - Married Alice Amelia

Occupation Marine Store Dealers

 

Royal Field Artillery

108th Brigade

C Battery

 

World War I

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1917/07/18 - British Expeditionary Force France. Detrained Boulogne with Pleurisy (left side), 31st Ambulance Train, Ward E

(First World War Representative Medical Records of 31st Ambulance Train: British Expeditionary Force France, No. 32792 - 33268)

1917/08/21 - Wounded:- Incident Details: War Office Daily List No. 5343

(Entitled to wear a "Wound Stripe" as authorised under Army Order 204 of the 6th July 1916. The terms of this award being named on this list)

 

Saved by a Pocket Book

by Mike Dack

A great-granddaughter of Arthur Burd inherited photos which her mother had cherished. These included a number in a pocket book, which saved the life of Arthur when he was shot in France!

The first photo/postcard with an image has an inscription on the back written long ago, explaining that these saved his life when he was shot.

As the event was in 1917 and his son Harold, my father was born 1920 - I too owe my existence to that pocket book and its contents!

What a Christmas discovery I have made, thanks to your adding the info to your great website.

 

 

Died

Age 42

1923

Greenwich, London

 

Loved Ones

Husband of Alice Amelia

Father of Alice Elizabeth (B.1901), Rose Emily (B.1903), Arthur Henry (B.1905), Harry William (B. 1910), Doris Beatrice (B.1913), Harold Leonard (B.1920)

(Next Of Kin Address: Deptford, S.E.)

 

Information

KEW:- MH106/1986, MH106/1986, NLS 1917_W List 04, WO372/3,

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