Ernest is remembered on the war memorial at Bethesda Baptist Church, St. Margaret’s Plain, Ipswich.
Born: 1895, Orford, Suffolk.
Died: 19th July 1916; age: 21; KiA.
Residence: 112, Church Street, Orford.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Date of Entry Therein: 31st May 1915 – France.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 16134.
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 8th Battalion.
Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1915 Star.
Memorial Reference:
Pier & Face 1C & 1A.
Somme,
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Robert Ernest & Louisa Burwood, of 112, Church Street, Orford, Suffolk.
CENSUS
1901 Castle Hill, Orford, Suffolk.
Ernest was 5 years old and living with his parents & sister.,
Robert Ernest Burwood, 30, a Postman & Gardener, born Orford.
Louisa Burwood (nee Girling), 34, born Farnham, Suffolk.
Mary Louisa Burwood, 3, born Orford.
1911 Church Street, Orford, Suffolk.
Ernest was 15 years old, a Grocer’s Porter – Grocer’s Stores. He was living with his parents & siblings.
Robert, 40, a retired Postman & Jobbing Gardener.
Louisa, 45.
Mary, 13.
George Lionel Burwood, 8, born Orford.
Dorothy May Burwood, 6, born Orford.
Beulah Burwood, 3, born Orford.
Soldiers’ Effects to Robert E. Burwood – father.
Ernest is also remembered on the war memorial in the churchyard of St. Bartholomew’s Church, Market Hill, Orford, Suffolk.
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