Arthur Strong Burns

Rank:	Private
Street:
Townland:	Richmount
Town/Village:	Carrickboy
Civil Parish:	Kilglass
Catholic Parish:	Carrickedmond
Country:
Alternative Address:	Screeboge, Carrickboy;
Census 1901:	www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Kilglass/Screebogue/1547105/
Census 1911:	www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Kilglass/Screeboge/580898/
Regiment/Unit:	Royal Air Force
Regiment Number:	104186
Date of Death:	15-06-1984
Cause:	Survived WW1, natural causes
Memorial:	St Anne's churchyard, Kilglass, Legan, Co. Longford
Information:	Arthur gave a birth date of the 27 Oct 1896 in Ardagh*, on his RAF attestment. He enlisted with the RAF on the 9 Oct 1918, where he was described as being a student in civilian life. He was discharged into the Reserves in January 1919. He married Dorothy Margaret Emerson in Drogheda in May 1955, and they lived in Richmount, Carrickboy. Arthur passed away in June 1984.
Parents Names:	Son of John Burns and Mathilda (née Heavey), Richmount, Carrickboy (Edgeworthstown)
Notes:	An unnamed child was born to John and Mathilda on the 27 Oct 1896 in Screeboge, and when researching Arthur, rootsireland.ie notes that he was born on the 20 Oct 1901 and baptised on the 15 Dec 1901. It is currently uncertain as to how this discrepancy arose, but it is likely that the error was in the baptism recording.
Links:	Link to RAF record on Fold3.com (subscription site); Burials at Kilglass churchyard, 1997, by Jimmy Lennon; Death notice, Irish Independent;

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