Overview

• His funeral on July 1 at Kyiv’s main crematorium was attended by about 40 mourners as Burgess’s flag-draped coffin was carried through the service.
• Burgess died on June 20 during a frontline engagement in Andreevka, Sumy region, after three years serving with Ukraine’s forces.
• He left the British Army in 2022 to volunteer in Ukraine, first joining artillery units in Zaporizhzhia and flying medevac missions in Donetsk.
• Burgess later specialized as a first-person-view drone pilot, with fellow volunteers praising him as one of Ukraine’s best operators.
• The UK Foreign Office confirmed it is supporting his family and coordinating with Ukrainian authorities following his death.