Browse this website Close this menu
This data is related to World War 1
Corporal

Josiah (Jess) Burrows

Service number 120945
Military unit 17th Bn Machine Gun Corps
Address Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death 09 Jun 1921 (26 years old)
Place of birth Underwood Nottinghamshire
Employment, education or hobbies

He was a Coal Miner.

Family history

Born : 1895 : Underwood, Nottinghamshire.
Son of James and Gertrude Burrows of 16. Broad Lane, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire.
Brother of Maria, James, Gwendoline, Thomas, Gertrude, Grace Annie and John Burrows.
According to the 1901 Census the family lived at Selston.
According to the 1911 Census the Family were living at Middlebrook, Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire and later at 16, Broad Lane, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire.

Military history

Enlisted : Unknown.He had previously served a sService Number, 926, Private, Josiah Burrows, South Nottinghamshire Hussars, Nottinghamshire Yeomanry.

He served as Service Number, 120945, Corporal, Jess Burrows with the 17th Battalion, Machine gun Corps and the 53rd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps Infantry, (Source : CWGC).

Extra information

Buried : St. James the Great Churchyard, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire.
Grave Reference: New ground : North-West of Church.
Personal Inscription reads : "The Lord gave and the Lord taketh away loving Memories".
Commemorated : West Nottinghamshire Virtual War Memorial as : Jess Burrows.

Photographs