Norman Burnage – 15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal

Private 18853 5th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, enlisted Newcastle.Private 18853 5th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, enlisted Newcastle.

b. 1896, Sheldon, Durham. Son of Samuel & Mary Ann Burnage, 36 Fourth StreetEntered Theatre of War, France 2nd June 1915. Died of wounds 3rd December 1917, Egypt, aged 22 years

Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel & Palestine (H.55)

Awarded 15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal

1911 census shows Norman as a Pony Driver at the Coal Mine and living at 24 North Terrace, Oxhill with his parents, three brothers and two sisters