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Name: BURGESS, Robert King Holmes (Sapper)
Nee: bro of Harold J. Burgess, son of Dr. Robert and Matilda Jane Burgess of Coagh, Moneymore, Londonderry
Birth Date: 27 May 1880 Coagh, Londonderry
Death Date: 17 Mar 1916 Taveta, died of wounds
Last Date: 1916
Profession: Engineer
Book Reference: Gazette
War Service: East African Pioneers
School: Academical Institution, Derry; Royal School, Dungannon
General Information:
Gazette - 21/6/16 - Probate & Admin. - Sapper Robert Burgess, EA Pioneer Co. died of gunshot wounds received in action - Taveta 17/3/16
UK Commonwealth War Graves
Harry James Burgess was also supposedly from Croagh
https://coaghinww1.co.uk/persondepth.asp? Robert King Holmes Burgess was the eldest son of Dr. Robert Burgess, JP. Coagh. He was educated at the Academical Institution in Derry and Royal School, Dungannon. He served his apprenticeship in Messrs Coombe, Barbour & Coombe Engineering Works in Belfast. At the outbreak of the Boer War he volunteered for the Imperial Yeomanry and was sent to Rhodesia, seeing action at Mafeking. At the end of the Boer War he received the Queen’s Medal with four clasps which was presented by King Edward VII. At the conclusion of the war in South Africa he returned to Rhodesia and worked for a mining company. At the outbreak of the First World War he again volunteered, joining the East Africa Pioneer Company. He was wounded in action on 11th March 1917 when the Imperial Forces routed the Germans at Taveta. He later succumbed to his wounds.