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BURGESS Leonard Thomas Lieut

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/79375

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This record is about the BURGESS Leonard Thomas Lieut dating from 2000-2024.

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SKR/DAT/IP/79375

Title

BURGESS Leonard Thomas Lieut

Date

2000-2024

Description

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Surname: BURGESS;

Forename(s): Leonard Thomas;

Initials: LT;

Rank: Lieut;

Previous Regiment: R Ir Rif;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 16 Bn;

Date abroad: 01-Jul-1916;

Theatre of War: 1;

Other Data: arrives in 16 Bn 26/6/1918 - sub-section officer "D" Coy
TFWM issued 20/2/1923
address: Vale View,Pinehurst Rd,West Moars, Dorset & Irrigation Engr, Tissamaharna, Southern Province, Ceylon

TFWM offered Noonans Apr '23
Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2. Lieut. L. T. Burgess. R. Ir. Rif.) good very fine, rare to unit £240-£280

Leonard Thomas Burgess was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Irish Rifles, and served with the Machine Gun Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from July 1916. His British War and Victory Medal pair were issued from the Machine Gun Corps medal roll.

Sold with copied medal index card and medal roll extracts which show Burgess as being one of only two officers from the Royal Irish Rifles to receive the Territorial Force War Medal.;

END OF RECORD.

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Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language

English

Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
Physical description

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Machine Gun Corps Database

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BURGESS Leonard Thomas Lieut