Fred Burnett

In memoriam

He was born in Minehead in 1890 and baptised on the 12th of June 1891. Fred was the son of William Reed Burnett (1858-1947) and Sarah Jane Burnett nee Yendle (1862-1948). His father was a Mariner (Sailor on Merchant Sailing Ships), and Fred had five siblings: 1. Charlotte Augusta Burnett (1884–1982) 2. Eliza Ann Yendle Burnett (1886–1981) 3. William Henry Burnett (1887–1968) 4. Thomas John Burnett (1889–1948) 5. Sarah Jane Burnett (1892–1987) The family home was at 23 Quay Street Minehead., and the 1911 census showed Fred was employed as a Gardener. On the 22nd of September 1915 he enlisted at Taunton into the 10th Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment and became Private 13434. His Battalion were first deployed to France but in November 1915 were moved to Salonika in Greece to fight the Bulgarian Forces. Fred was killed in action on the 10th of February 1917 at the Battle of Dorian, whilst involved in the attack upon the 33rd Svishtov and 34th Troyan Bulgarian Regiments. He was aged 28 years. His body was never recovered/identified, and he is commemorated at the Doiran Memorial at Kilkis, Central Macedonia, Greece, as well as on both the Minehead War Memorial, Minehead Harbour Memorial, and he is also memorialised on his parent's grave at Minehead Cemetery . In 1919 he was posthumously awarded the 1915 Star, The British War Medal, and the Victory Medal. His medals went to his parents, whose address in 1919 was "Glenleigh," Truham Road, Minehead, Somerset. Fred's parents, his brothers: William and Thomas, and sister: Charlotte Augusta Hawkins nee Burnett, all have their graves at Minehead Cemetery. SOURCE: https://wsaw.weebly.com/minehead.html

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