Samuel – Burrows – Great Western Railway – Private – 23/12/1914

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Title

Samuel – Burrows – Great Western Railway – Private – 23/12/1914

Initials / forenames

Samuel

Surname

Burrows

Railway company

Great Western Railway

Military unit

Gloucestershire Regiment, 1st Battalion

Military rank

Private

Military number

1743

Railway department

Engineering Department, Stroud

Railway job

Labourer

Date died

23/12/1914

Magazine reference

Great Western Railway Magazine, March 1915, p61. Photo: March 1915, p67

Memorial

Brown's Road Military Cemetery, Festubert

Notes

Aged 21, son of Mrs S. Burrows of Clare Building, Ebley, Stroud, Gloucestershire. <br /><br />The GWR Magazine reports that he was 20 when he died.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway) Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Date entered

25/01/2017

Last updated

25/01/2017

Citation

“Samuel – Burrows – Great Western Railway – Private – 23/12/1914,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 15, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/59912.