Private William Henry Burden

Army Number: 21781

Battalion: 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Newstead, Nottinghamshire and lived at Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire. Son of George and Elizabeth Burden of 48, Station Street, Mansfield Woodhouse. Husband of Ada Burden. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Mansfield. He went to France on 27th August 1915 and was killed in action, 11th November 1917,  whilst serving in the line near Poelcappelle, Belgium. 

Commemorated : Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.

Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Private William Henry Burden is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Yeoman Memorial Park War Memorial, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire. 
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

Yeoman Memorial Park, War Memorial, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire.
Yeoman Memorial Park, War Memorial, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.