BURROWS Henry Johnson Died 20 September 1917 Age 26 Buried Wieltje Farm Cemetery Belgium
Henry Johnson Burrows (Jack) Service Record
Private 240370 King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1st/5th Battalion.
Son of Henry and Ellen Elizabeth Burrows of Sundales, Warton, Carnforth, Lancashire.
1911 Census shows Henry was born in Overton, Lancashire and was living as a servant in Longpreston, his occupation showed farm labourer. By the time of the war he had been employed by Midland Railway in the locomotive department.
The 1901 census shows Henry J living in Morecambe with his parents Henry and Ellen and his siblings Arthur (10), Grace (7), Vincent (5), Emma (1).
The data is the editor’s interpretation of documents from:
- The National Archive
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Find My Past (this can be viewed free of charge in local UK libraries if you are a library member).
- Ancestry.co.uk (this can be viewed free of charge in local UK libraries if you are a library member).
- Everyone Remembered.