In Memory Of

BURSFORD, HERBERT JAMES

Service Details
Age:
 38
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 4773
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 2nd Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1919-04-15
Cause of Death:
 Died of pleurisy and tuberculosis of the lungs
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Plot 150 Section 8B
Cemetery:
 EAST LONDON (CAMBRIDGE) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Eastern Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
 D C M, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 DCM LG 27 September 1901 pg. 6324, MID LG 10 September 1901 pg. 5958
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