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Wireman

Bertram Burnham

Service number P/MX 63560
Military unit HMS Tuscarora Royal Navy
Address 6, Tunnel Row, Pye Hill, Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire.
Date of birth 21 Jan 1918
Date of death 24 May 1940 (22 years old)
Place of birth Selston, Nottinghamshire
Employment, education or hobbies

He was a colliery electrician in 1939.

Family history

He was the son of Bertram and Emma Burnham and the brother of Ellen, Joseph, Doreen and Ann Burnham. In 1921, the faily lived at 5 Houses, Pye Hill, Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire but had re-located to 6, Tunnel Row, Pye Hill by 1939.

Military history

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Panel 43, Column 1

HMS Tuscarora

HMS Tuscarora was an armed merchantman used by the navy as an anti-submarine vessel. Wireman Bertram Burnham from Jacksdale was killed accidentally.

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