Lance Corporal Philip Burke

 Service Number: 7707

Manchester Regiment

Died of Pneumonia at Primrose Bank Hospital 3rd February 1919, aged 28

Wife of Sarah Burke, 7 Foulridge Street, Burnley

From the Burnley Express dated 22 Feb 1919: Death From Pneumonia Three Weeks After He Had Been Demobilised

The death from pneumonia occurred on February 3 at Primrose Bank Hospital, Burnley - three weeks after his demobilisation - of Lance Corporal Philip Burke, of the 3rd Manchester Regiment, whose widow resides at 7 Foulridge Street, Burnley Lane.  On his arrival home from the war,  Lance Corporal Burke complained of illness, and his removal was afterwards medically recommended to the military hospital, where he succumbed, five days after admission, to double pneumonia. 

Lance Corporal Burke who was twenty-eight years of age, enlisted in 1915 and went on active service in February 1916.  He was twice wounded in France, being first treated in Whalley Military Hospital, and on the second occasion at Birkenhead.  A Roman Catholic, he was a member of the Men’s Sodality of St Mary’s Church.  He was formerly employed by Messrs. Butterworth and Dickinson, Burnley as a moulder.

Buried in Burnley Cemetery: A17824 

(Edward Murray, son of Patrick & Ann Murray was Philip's Brother-in-law)