Private Ernest Burgin
Army Number: 32417
Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Codnor, Derbyshire. Son of Ferdinand and Eliza Ann Burgin, of Cross Lane, Codnor. Husband of Lucy Burgin. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Ilkeston, Derbyshire. He died on 7th July 1916 from wounds received at La Boiselle, France during the Battle of the Somme.
Buried: Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row D. Grave 45.

Private Ernest Burgin is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. James’s Church Lych Gate War Memorial, Codnor, Derbyshire.