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Recovered 21.08.2023 from https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2805263/frederick-berthold-burge/
PRIVATE FREDERICK BERTHOLD BURGE
Service Number: 5726796
Leicestershire Regiment 2/5th Bn.
Killed 28 July 1945 Age 24 years old
Buried KLAGENFURT WAR CEMETERY 6. C. 13. Austria
Son of Francis Joseph and Ella May Burge, of Chideock, Dorsetshire.
https://chideockandseatown.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Frederick-Berthold-Burge.pdf
Frederick Berthold Burge was born in 1920 in Chideock, Dorset. He was the son of
Francis Joseph Burge and Ella May Burge (nee White). Francis Burge was a Butcher
by trade. Francis and Ella May were married October 12th 1919 in Chideock. He also
had an older brother Jack Burge. He attended the Roman Catholic school in Chideock
Out the outbreak of war Frederick enlisted in the Dorset Regiment but was later
transferred to the Leicestershire Regiment. He died whilst serving with the Army of
Occupation after Germany had surrendered.
He is buried at Klagenfurt War Cemetery, Carinthia in Austria. Frederick Burge is
commemorated on the Chideock War Memorial.