Irish Airman's Grave Found in Russia-- Part 4: Edmund Seymour Burke

Prior to the outbreak of the war, Burke had studied at Pembroke College in Oxford and had desires to be an actor once the war was over.  But all that was put on hold when he signed up to fight the Germans.  He never realized his dream, however.

In an ironic twist of fate, Ian Campbell Burke, Edmund's younger brother,  was shot down and killed  when returning from a bombing raid over Germany just two months after Edmund went missing off the coast of Norway.

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COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES

Sub-Lieutenant EDMUND SEYMOUR BURKE

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

F.A.A. 800 Squadron HMS Furious

DATE OF DEATH

30 July 1940

Age 24 years old

BURIED OF COMMEMORATED AT

Vaida Bay Military cemetery

Grave 5

Russian Federation

--GreGen