The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A T Burrows

Private Albert Thomas BURROWS, L/10489, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 25th October 1916, age 18.

21st June 1896, born Clapham, Surrey, son of Thomas & Emma Louisa Burrows, of 14, St. Alphonsus Road, Clapham, London.

1911 Census - 14, St. Alphonsus Road, Clapham - Thomas Burrows, head, age 39, married, paperhanger, born Lambeth Parish; Emma Louisa Burrows, wife, age 39, married 16 years, 8 children, 7 still alive, born Islington; Florence Burrows, daughter, age 14, born Lambeth Parish; Albert Burrows, son, age 12, born Lambeth Parish; Charles Burrows, son, age 10, born Lambeth Parish; Ethel Burrows, daughter, age 9, born Lambeth Parish; Maud Burrows, daughter, age 8, born Clapham Parish; Dora Burrows, daughter, age 6, born Clapham Parish; Violet Burrows, daughter, age 4, born Clapham Parish.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 18 years & 2 months, height 5ft 8¼ inches, weight 126lbs, fair complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair, wart left side of neck, birthmark back. Formerly bootmaker.

Home 3rd September 1914 to 24th August 1915; BEF France, 25th August 1915 to 23rd June 1916; Home, 24th June 1916 to 18th September 1916; BEF France 19th September 1916 to 25th October 1916.

3rd September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th September 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th August 1915, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th June 1916, wounded gun shot wound to the head; 17th June, 1916, 21 Casualty Clearing Station; 19th June, 1916, Boulogne, Abbeville 2 Stationary Hospital; 23rd June 1916, Hospital Ship "Salta" to England; 23rd June 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd June 1916 to 28th June 1916, Dartford Hospital, gun shot wound to scalp; 28th June 1916 to 28th July 1916, VAD Sidcup, gun shot wound scalp, transferred to Royal Herts Hospital; 7th August 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st September 1916 posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th September 1916, posted BEF & 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

16th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Thomas Burrows, 14, St. Alphonsus Road, Clapham; Mother, Emma L. Burrows, 14, St. Alphonsus Road, Clapham; Brother - Joseph C Burrows, age 19, Royal Fusiliers, Germany; Sisters - Florence Burrows, age 22, 14, St. Alphonsus Road, Clapham; Ethel Burrows, age 17, 14, St. Alphonsus Road, Clapham; Maud Burrows, age 16, 14, St. Alphonsus Road, Clapham; Dora Burrows, age 14, 14, St. Alphonsus Road, Clapham; Violet Burrows, age 13, 14, St. Alphonsus Road, Clapham.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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