The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private S H Burrows

Photograph by "Len"

Private Samuel Harold BURROWS, G/23874, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 31st March 1917, age 27.

Born Stapleton, Bristol, Gloucestershire.

6th May 1892, St Aidan, Bristol, baptism of Samuel Harold Burrows, son of William & Emma Burrows.

1911 Census - 15 Graham Road, Easton, Bristol - William Burrows, head, age 51, married, gardener, market gardener, born Dawlish, Devon; Amy E Burrows, wife, age 51, married 26 years, 9 children, 6 still alive, born Dawlish, Devon; Amy J Burrows, daughter, age 25, single, born Dawlish, Devon; William A Burrows, son, age 23, single, butcher, shop, born Exmouth, Devon; Samuel H Burrows, son, age 21, single, butchers assistant, shop, born Bristol, Gloucestershire; Mabel B Burrows, daughter, age 18, single, waitress, hotel, born Bristol, Gloucestershire; Eddie W Burrows, son, age 16, single, butchers assistant, shop, born Bristol, Gloucestershire; Ivy May Burrows, daughter, age 13, school, born Bristol, Gloucestershire; John H Wilson, boarder, age 26, single, motor body builder, carriage factory, born Lichfield, Staffordshire.

Enlisted Bristol, Gloucestershire. Resided 15 Graham Road, Easton, Bristol, Gloucestershire.

15th March 1917, wounded in the trenches by an accidental discharge of a rifle.

Buried at Calais Southern Cemetery, Plot F, Row 5, Grave 8, Pas de Calais, France.

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