Wyndham Burden

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Wyndham Burden was born in Sherborne Causeway, Motcombe, Dorset, on 15 May 1883 the son of Charles Burden and Mary Ann Burden (nee Pamden).  He lived his early life in Sherborne Causeway until 1911 when on 21 Jul 1907 he had married Ellen Burden at the parish church at Moordown, Near Southampton, Hampshire.  By 1911 he was living at Priestly Road, Kinson, Bournemouth, Dorset.  He had enlisted in the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service No. 3909).  It is not known in which theatre of war he served but during his service he had obviously been abroad and contracted malaria after which he transferred to the Labour Corps (Service No. 246505).  He was discharged on 13 Mar 1919 and awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as a time limited pension which ended with a final gratuity on 8 Jul 1921.  The 1921 Census detail cannot be found but the 1921 Electoral Register shows him living in Canford Road, Wallis Down, Kinson. By the time of the 1939 Register he had moved to 1 High Mead, Hampreston Road, Longham, Dorset, working as a Landscape Gardener.  He died in Kinson during 1941 and was buried at Kinson Parish Church on 31 Dec 1941.  His brother, Arthur Burden, also served in the conflict.