Basic Details
Surname
Burks
Forenames
Jack Victor
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
14647
Notes
The Roll lists his address as The Firs, Eastfield Road. It misrecords his date of death as 26th September 1916.

(CWGC records that Private Jack Victor Burks, regimental number 14647, died aged 18 on 25/9/1915, while serving in 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Loos Memorial in France; they record him as the son of Charles Wells Burks of Eastfield, Peterborough. Soldiers Died in the Great War likewise records that he died on 25/9/1915, which was deemed his official date of death. Jack's Army service file records he died between 25th and 27th September 1915, as do the Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects. Jack's brother Percy also fell in World War 1, and is named on the Peterborough Roll of Honour).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
7th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Loos
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
26
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 26 September 1915 [sic] at Loos"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
THE FIRS, EASTFIELD
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial