Francis Thomas Burrough
Memorial: Winterbourne - St Michael's Archangel Church
Regiment: Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Captain
Parents: Charles and Georgina B Burrough
Marital status: Married
Home address: Lerburne House, The Borough, Wedmore
Pre-war occupation: Lived on Private Means
Date of birth: 26/10/1879
Place of birth: Clun, Shropshire
Date of death: 01/07/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, West-Vlandderen, Belgium
Age: 36
Further information:
Francis Burrough was the younger brother of Charles J Burrough who during WW1 was the Rector of St Michaels Church of Winterbourne, and his death is mentioned in the August 1916 Winterbourne parish magazine. Their father Charles was also a member of the clergy. As far as I am aware, he never lived locally.
On the 1911 Census, he is recorded as Frank and as a visitor at the home of a Gerald Tatham in Wedmore, Somerset. He was with his wife Naomi Rose (Kaeppel) who he married in 1905, and his daughter Thelma Rose (born 1906).
His wife Naomi was born in Melbourne Australia, and on the pension card her address is given as Johannesburg, South Africa. It seems likely that Francis travelled overseas as there are very few UK records of him.
Francis served with the 6th Battalion Kings Shropshire Light Infantry and was Killed in Action on 1/07/1916.
Additional information can be found in the book ‘The Isle of Wedmore Remembers the First world War, 1914-19 (Wedmore, 2018), a research project ran by Dr Tim Moreman
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.