Burns, Bernard 27260 (1883 - 1918)

Private, 1st Bn. Highland Light Infantry

Buried at Basra Memorial

Commemorated at Scottish National War Memorial

Bernard was the son of Annie and Bernard Burns of Crown Street, Glasgow. Husband of Mary Cavanagh Burns, headmistress of a Catholic School in Glasgow. Mary was pregnant with twins when she received the news that Bernard was "missing presumed dead" and unfortunately miscarried.