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

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