Lives of the First World War

Desborough Scrapbook, Issue 114, page 21. Week ending 27th August 1915 FOR KING AND COUNTRY Officers of the 1/4th Northants Back row (left to right) Second-Lieut. G. St. J. Rands, Second-Lieut. M. E. Hancock, Lieut. A. J. Wright, Lieut. G. P. Crampton, Lieut. G. P. Lankester, Lieut. F. H. Preston, Lieut. R. L. Murray, Lieut. A. G. A. Hodges, Lieut. S. J. Marlow, Second-Lieut. H. Burditt. Third row: Second-Lieut. G. G. Leadbitter, Lieut. C. J. Crockett, Capt. R. D. Pendered, Capt. H. L. Wright, Capt. L. P. Dorman, Capt. H. M. Wilson, Capt. F. A. Wright, Capt. W. S. Fisher, Capt. C. G. Guy, Lieut. J. G. C. Heywood. Second row: The Rev T. G. Clarke, Major A. C. Henson, Major G. Fuller, Lieut. Col. E. G. Curtis, Capt. and Adjt. J. Brown, Hon. Major and Quartermaster R. Goachen, Lieut. C. Searle, R.A.M.C. Front row: Second-Lieut. F. H. Cronshey, Second-Lieut. A. Howard, Second-Lieut. J. R. Dawbarn, Second-Lieut. J. White, Second-Lieut. R. W. Fay.

In uniform with officers of the 1/4th Northants Regiment.

Desborough Scrapbook, Issue 118, Dec 2015, p 19. W/e 3 Dec 1915. DOWN WITH DYSENTERY Councillor Lieut. Burditt of Desborough in Hospital A wire has been received from Lieutenant Burditt, who has been serving in the Gallipoli Peninsula, that he has been invalided to No. 19 Hospital, Alexandria. He added: Send no parcels, only letters; wire reply.” Yesterday (Thursday) morning a further official wire was received stating that Lieut. Burditt was admitted into the 19th General Hospital at Alexandria on the 27th ult., suffering from jaundice. His condition is reported as “fair.” Lieutenant Burditt, who is a member of the Desborough Urban Council, has been one of the Territorials ever since the local corps was established. When the war broke out we knew him as Sergeant Burditt and he was gazetted whilst at St. Albans. He went out to the Dardanelles with the 1/4th Northants in July, leaving his business (that of cardboard manufacturer) to serve his country.