By Mark Gillies
November 11, 2014
BURLINGTON.
The research I’ve done on the 38 names on the Burlington Cenotaph of the men lost in the first Great War include Goodyear, Bibby, Garland, Cline, Hedges and Hunt.
There has to be much more information about Leslie James Cline than just this one document.
The Cline’s were a pioneer family that lived in the Freeman part of town. They were once very prominent – many individuals married into the family. There are probably hundreds in this city of more than 175,000 who will tell you they are related to the Clines.
Leslie James Cline was killed instantly when he took a direct hit from an enemy shell on September 27, 1918. There would have been no remains and thus no burial.
W. E. Goodyear’s marker at a cemetery in France.
W. E. Goodyear is buried in the New British Cemetery at Bouchier. We do not know how he died.
Samuel Anderson Hunter, a forester died in 
a hospital of complications from a ruptured bladder and a fractured pelvis. He gave his brother as his next of kin.
The accidental death of Sub-Lieutenant JR. 
Bibby is surrounded by conflicting news reports. In one report he is referred to as J.C, Bibby and in another he is referred to as J. R. Bibby.
In one report an experimental plane he was testing crashed into the sea and in another he fell out of the plane and died instantly on impact,
The accident took place in Malta where the aircraft was being tested. The funeral was quite elaborate with many dignitaries taking part.
