Son of the late David and Sarah Burnie, late of Greenock; husband of Mary Ann Burnie (nee Parfact), of 5 Kingsdown Rd., Leytonstone, Essex. Born at Greenwich, London.
William Cummings Burnie
- Died: 9th January, 1919
- Age: 49
- Rank: 2nd Officer
- Regiment: Transport Service
- Unit: SS Northumbria
- Cemetery: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
- Memorials: The Men of Greenock