finding his grave

[manmack]

a pal on the great war forum is looking for the burial place of corporal thomas burke of the manchester regt,he was knocked down by a train while guarding the railway lines near balcombe,sussex on 12-6-15,hes been overlooked by the CWGC,his name will be added to the CWGC,but we cant find where he lies,he was from manchester but we dont know if hes buried there or in sussex,his grave may be overgrown but if its found,the CWGC will very likely erect an headstone for him,two burial sites close to where he died are,haywards heath western cemetery and balcombe churchyard,can you find him,thanks
mack

[liverpool annie]

Hi Mack !!

Long time no speak !! 

I have found 2 Thomas Burke's buried in 1915 here in the index ........ just a thought !!

http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk/

Annie 

[manmack]

Hi Mack !!

Long time no speak !! 

I have found 2 Thomas Burke's buried in 1915 here in the index ........ just a thought !!

http://www.burialrecords.manchester.gov.uk/

Annie 

thanks annie,nice to hear from you again,mack

[uk2003]

Hi Mack

Dont know if you are aware but you can no longer go to Blackley Crem and ask for a burial location.

Found that out myself yesterday when I went looking for a burial at Philips Park, was told online only  cost £9 in the end because I clicked and refreshed the pages on that Cra**y web site.

Regards
Ken

[manmack]

thanks for that ken,was your enquiry about a ww1 serviceman,mack

[uk2003]

Mack

The answer to that was before find ing the grave NO  - but as you can see Siah Millington killed in action ww1 is buried in the grave as well. His real name was Josiah Millington

Just found him on the CWGC site

More work to do now   

[Scarletwoman]

I haven't look at the thread on GWF, but are you aware there are Coroner's papers for this?  Well, it looks almost certain that it's him.  They're at the East Sussex Record Office, with the reference:

COR/1/3/140 dated 15 June 1915

I've looked at a lot of these papers in the past, and there are normally a lot of newspaper clippings relating to them, which sometimes mention the burial.  They certainly contain all the minute detail of the death.  Many soldiers seemed to come to grief on the railway line at that time.

Sue

[liverpool annie]

Good researching Sue !! Welcome to RootsChat !! .... I'm sure they'll be very pleased to check it out !! 

I don't know if you can get on the GWF - but here's the thread !! if you can't - I'm sure Mack will post it for you !!

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=64762&hl=corporal+thomas+burke

Annie 

[Scarletwoman]

Annie

Oh yes, I can get there OK - more a question of not particularly wanting to be there 

Sue