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Identity
Person No.
41465
Service No.
4773
Last Name
First Name
Herbert James
Initials
H J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
38
Military Service
Rank
Private
Secondary Unit
"B" Sqdn.
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died of pleurisy and tuberculosis of the lungs
Grave Reference
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Thomas William and Emma Bursford, of 6 Andrews Yard, Newmarket. Husband of Esther Bursford, of 13 Stephenson Street, East London. Awarded DCM and MID in Boer War as Corporal #12326 in Royal Army Medical Corps. His brother Albert Bursford also died in service 20 November 1917

Citation

DCM LG 27 September 1901 pg. 6324, MID LG 10 September 1901 pg. 5958

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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