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Reginald George Burn

Shift Chemist
Birthplace Yorkshire Bradford EnglandPlace of Death Lancashire Bolton–le-Sands England Date of Birth: June 14, 1893 Date of Death: May 29, 1961

Biography

Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Reginald George Burn

Gender: Male

Date and Place of Birth: 14 Jun 1893, Bradford

Date and Place of Death: 29 May 1961 Clyde Villa, Bolton–le-Sands, Lancashire

Nationality: British 

 

Biography

Childhood: 1901 Potter Newton

Siblings Florence 1891-1908, Ernest Francis 1898-1984

Parents: George Francis Burn, b 27 August 1861 in Malta (British subject  his father was a Foreman sail maker in Naval Dockyards) d 8 Jan 1940 in Chapel Allerton, Yorks and Katharine Amelia Usher b 21 Sep 1864  Birkenhead, d 15 Feb 1856 Leeds

Parent’s occupations: Mechanical  Engineer and Engineering Teacher, Head of department in Leeds Engineering School

Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: 

Occupation: Chemist, later Farm Manager on Marriage in 1922 and a Sanitary Inspector on probate in 1961 and in Hull in 1939

Place of residence at Gretna:17-19 The Ridge Gretna

Job title at Gretna: Shift Chemist

Marital status: Married in 1922 to Florence Emily Collett (1899-1992)

Children: None found Wife was living with Parents in 1939

Travels: 

Awards/recognitions: 

Trivia / any other information: Non conformist church wedding and Quaker Burial

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