Cemetery: Caterpillar Valley Cemetery Longueval
Country: France
Area: Somme
Rank: Captain
Force: Army
Official Number:
Unit: 3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
Country of Service: British
Details: Mentioned in Despatches. Killed in action at High Wood 20th July 1916. Age 29. Only son of Henry Langdon Burgess and Anna Maria Burgess of Cowdray House Shincliffe Colliery Durham. B.Sc. (Dunelm). Ordnance engineer. Born at Lanchester Durham. Sp. Mem. 25.
Photograph by Op Tribute / David Milborrow