Assistant purser on the RMS Lusitania. Son of John Howell Burden. Died when the ship was torpedoed.
At the we found "Despite his having an actual burial place, the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission originally showed that he had no known grave and consequently commemorated him on the Mercantile Marine War Memorial at Tower Hill, London. However, following information about his actual burial place sent in by historian Peter Kelly, the commission has amended its records to show his actual burial place and has stated that should there ever be a need to alter the bronze panel featuring his name at Tower Hill, that name will be removed."
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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