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Buchanan, Alexander Paton, son of R. K. Buchanan, of Finsbury Park; b. July 13, 1899; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (R); left Dec. 1916.

Bucknall, Michael Allen, posthumous son of E. Allen Bucknall, of Deane House, Whitchurch, Hants; b. Nov. 9, 1901; adm. April 29, 1915 (R); left April 1919; Worcester Coll. Oxon. 1920-2; a farmer; R. N. V. R. 1940-5; m. April 30, 1932, Violet Beatrice, eldest daughter of Sir Dennis Fortescue Boles, Bart., of Bishops Lydeard, Somerset.

Buckney, Lionel Arthur Faraday, son of Arthur Buckney of Tokyo and Harriet Gladys, d. of Wil­liam Roberts, of Clifton, Bristol; b. 15 Dec. 1910; adm. Jan. 1925 (R); left July 1929; Imperial Coll. of Science; a welding engineer in Australia.

Burford, Francis Rupert Roberts, son of George Henry Burford, M.B., of London, Senior Physician, London Homoeopathic Hospital for Diseases of Women, by Elizabeth Horraine, daughter of Charles Roberts Hollybrook, of co. Cork; b. June 22, 1895; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 23, 1909 (R); elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1914, matric. Michaelmas 1914; M.A. 1921; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. London Regt. Jan. 16, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; demob. Jan. 1919; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Nov. 17, 1925; d. Jan. 23, 1946.

Burford, Patrick Gerald Roberts, brother of Francis Rupert Roberts Burford (q.v.); b. Aug. 23, 1902; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (R); non-resident K.S. Sept. 1917; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1921, matric. Michaelmas 1921; B.A. 1925; admitted a solicitor 1928; secretary of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce 1946; 2nd Lieut. Artists Rifles, T. A., Dec. 1928; Lieut. Dec. 1931; Capt. Sept. 1932; Major Feb. 28, 1938; Lieut.-Col. 1943; T. D.; mentioned in despatches (N. W. Europe) L. G. Aug. 2, 1945; U. S. Bronze Star Medal and French Croix de Guerre; m. April 20, 1938, Joan Lillian, daughter of Charles Gifferd, of Westgate-on-Sea, Kent; d. 11 Mar. 1981.

Burge, Frederick, son of Charles Burge, of London, by Sarah Catherine, daughter of John Angle, of Homsey, Middlesex; b. March 3, 1870; adm. April 1884 (R); left July 1887; R.M.A. Woolwich 1888; 2nd Lieut. R. A. Feb. 14, 1890; Lieut. Feb. 14, 1893; killed while playing polo at Jullundur, India, Oct. 3, 1894.

Burke, Edmund Seymour, son of Edmund Burke, of Kingston Hill, Surrey; b. 11 Aug. 1916; adm. Sept. 22, 1931 (R); left July 1935; Pembroke Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1935; Sub-Lieut. (A) R.N.V.R.; killed in action 30 Jul. 1941.

Edmund Seymour Burke was born at Rathdown, Ireland on the 11th of August 1916 the elder son of Edmund “Edo” Burke, a company director, and Sylvia Jayne (nee Hardy) Burke of the Glenridge Hotel, Virginia Water in Surrey and of the Granby Court Hotel, 88/89, Queen’s Gate, Brompton in London. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from September 1931 to July 1935. He played the part of Jane West in the Rigaud’s House Play of “The Fourth Wall” in 1934. He matriculated for Pembroke College, Oxford on the 15th of October 1935.
On leaving university he worked as an assistant tea buyer. He appeared as an extra in “A Yank at Oxford”, released on the 18th of February 1938 and was credited for his role as the First Officer in the play “The Infinite Shoeblack”, which was released in 1939.
He was enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve where he trained as a pilot and was later commissioned as a Sub Lieutenant (A). He was posted to 800 Naval Air Squadron based on board the aircraft carrier HMS Furious.
On the 30th of July 1941, the Royal Navy launched Operation EF, an attack on enemy merchant shipping in the Norwegian port of Kirkenes and on the Finnish port of Liinakhamari in Petsamo. The aircraft on board the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious would attack the Norwegian port while those on board HMS Furious would attack the port at Petsamo. The operation was intended to catch the enemy by surprise but the fleet was spotted by a German aircraft and their presence was relayed back to the two ports. When the formation arrived over Petsamo little shipping was present in the port. Instead the aircraft attacked the harbour installations, hitting jetties, a warehouse and an oil tank, which was set on fire. They met enemy fighter opposition and heavy anti aircraft fire in the target area.
Edmund Burke and his Observer, Leading Airman Arthur James Beardsley, took off from HMS Furious in Fulmar Mk II N4029 one of six aircraft from the Squadron which were to form the fighter escort for the operation on Petsamo. On its way to the target the aircraft was flying over the Barents Sea when it suffered an engine failure and was forced to crash land on to the sea. The two men were seen to swim clear of the aircraft and pull themselves into their life raft. HMS Furious was unable to pick the two men up due to the presence of enemy aircraft and submarines in the area.
Theirs was one of sixteen aircraft which were lost during the two operations.
His father received the following telegram: - “From Admiralty. Deeply regret to inform you that your son Sub Lieutenant (A) E.S. Burke is reported missing on active service.”
In 2017 a Russian journalist contacted the British Consulate in Moscow to say the he had found two graves marked “two unknown English airmen” on the Rybachy Peninsular in Northern Russia. It was discovered that the two bodies had been found in their dingy by nomadic travellers who had buried them on the beach. It is believed that they had died from hypothermia. Their bodies were exhumed, identified and reburied at their present resting place in July 2017 with an honour guard made up of British and Russian servicemen.
His brother, Pilot Officer Ian Campbell Burke OW, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force, was killed in action on the 20th of September 1941.
He is buried at Vaida Bay Military Cemetery Grave 5.

Burke, Ian Campbell, brother of Edmund Seymour Burke (q.v.); b. Aug. 14, 1917; adm. Sept. 22, 1931 (R); left April 1935; Pilot Officer, R.A.F.V.R. Jan. 5, 1941; killed in action 20 Sept. 1941.

Ian Campbell Burke was born at 89, Lower Sagget Street, Dublin on the 14th of August 1917 the younger son of Edmund Burke Edmund “Edo” Burke, a company director, and Sylvia Jayne (nee Hardy) Burke of Glenridge Hotel, Virginia Water in Surrey in Surrey and of the Granby Court Hotel, 88/89, Queen’s Gate, Brompton in London. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from the 22nd of September 1931 to April 1935.
On leaving school he was articled to a firm of Chartered Accountants and later worked as a tea salesroom assistant. He achieved a Royal Aero Club Certificate (No. 19921) at the Horton Kirby Flying Club on the 28th of August 1939, while flying a DH Moth, Gypsy Mk I. On the outbreak of war he was a member of the Civil Air Guard.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he rose to the rank of Leading Aircraftman before being commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 11th of January 1941, with seniority from the 5th of January 1941.
On the night of the 19th/20th of September 1941, Bomber Command dispatched 70 aircraft, most of which were Wellingtons, for an operation on Stettin. 60 aircraft reached and bombed the target but most crews had trouble locating the industrial targets allocated to them.
Ian Burke and his crew took off from RAF Binbrook before landing at RAF Mildenhall to refuel, from where they took off again at 10.58pm on the 19th of September 1941 in Wellington Mk II W5384 QT- for the operation. During the outward flight the port engine failed and the aircraft aborted its mission. It continued flying using only its starboard engine for most of the return flight. When its remaining engine also failed the aircraft was forced to ditch in the sea some eight miles to the east of Orford Ness, Suffolk at 3am. Five of the crew failed to get to the dinghy and were lost with only one of the crew being rescued.
The crew was: -
Pilot Officer Ian Campbell Burke (Pilot)
Sergeant Alexander Carstairs (Navigator)
Sergeant John Graham Jones (Wireless Operator)
Sergeant Trevor Gordon Lister (2nd Pilot)
Sergeant David John Mackintosh (Air Gunner)
Sergeant T.J. Rayment (Rear Gunner) (Injured)
Theirs was one of two aircraft which were lost during the raid.
The only survivor, Sergeant Rayment, later related that the port engine had failed two hours into the flight and before the aircraft had reached the target. The pilot turned the aircraft around and jettisoned the bomb load over enemy territory before flying for home at between 2,000 and 3,000 feet. While close to the Suffolk coast the starboard engine suddenly failed and a “good” landing was made on the sea. All of the crew were standing by to evacuate the aircraft and it not known why the remaining members of the crew did not survive. Sergeant Rayment was rescued and taken to the Naval Sick Bay at Ipswich where he was treated for exposure. It is thought that the port engine failed due to a leak in its coolant system but the failure of the starboard engine remains unexplained.
The body of John Jones was washed ashore on the 29th of September and was taken to the mortuary at RAF Martlesham where it was discovered that he had been killed by bullet wounds to the head and neck.
His brother, Sub Lieutenant (A) Edmund Seymour Burke RNVR OW, 800 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm was killed in action on the 30th of July 1941.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial Panel 31.

BURNE, FREVILL LAMBTON, son of Capt. William Hunter Burne, and Caroline Jane, youngest dau. of Robert Allan, Newbottle, co. Durham; b. 20 Dec 1835; adm. Mar 1850 (Rigaud's).

Burton, Anthony Lewis, son of Victor Emile Burton and Rose Marjorie, d. of Lewis Teller of St John's Wood; b. 26 Jan. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (R); left Apr. 1935; RA 1939-45 (2nd Lieut.), cap­tured Singapore Feb. 1942, p.o.w. to Sept. 1945; man. dir. V. & J. Burton Ltd (retail furnishers) 1947-65; Westminster City Council 1951-68; Lord Mayor of Westminster 1966-7; CBE 1976; chairman WestLon Housmg Assn 1985-; Nat. Consumer Council 1986-; m. 16 Dec. 1948 Joyce Elaine, d. of Simon Isaac Levy FRCS; d. Jan. 2000