ROGER FREDERICK BURT
Born at Worthing 1896
Son of Frederick Melville Burt & Sarah Murrell Burt of Hayfield, Eastergate, Sussex
Educated at Christ's Hospital (Bluecoat School)
Commissioned Second Lieutenant in 7th Northumberland Fusiliers -T.F.
To France 7/3/16
Less than 3 weeks later he was KIA F&F 27/3/16 during an attack on the German Trenches at St.Eloi, Ypres Salient
Buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Ypres, Belgium
Note: This CWGC Cemetery is 2 km south of Ypres & 2km west of Zillebeke village. A railway runs on a nearby embankment & overlooks a small farmstead, which was known to the troops as Transport Farm, and was also screened by the slightly rising ground to the east. At least one Advanced Dressing Station was sited here & burials began in April 1915. The names 'Railway Dugouts' and 'Transport Farm' were both used for this cemetery
With copy of his Medal Index Card, plus SDGW & CWGC details & a local Barnham Newspaper Death Notice In original waxed card plaque case
Condition: In original waxed card plaque case, EF
