BURFORD Benjamin

  • First Name(s):
    Benjamin 
  • Surname:
    BURFORD
  • Service Number:
    137953
  • Rank:

    Sapper

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Engineers
  • Corps:
    Corps of Royal Engineers
  • Regiment:
    Royal Engineers
  • Unit:
    237th Field Company
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    12th May 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Oxfordshire, England, Grave I1. 42.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born Birmingham, enlisted Stourbridge, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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Further Information About BURFORD Benjamin

Benjamin Burford was born in 1875 in Aston and by 1891 he was living with his parents, Joseph and Mary, at 39 Vicarage Road, Wollaston. By 1914 he had married and was living in Cobden Street with his wife Amelia and seven children. He was employed as a carpenter and joiner. He volunteered some time in 1915 and joined the Royal Engineers. Benjamin was posted to 237th Field Company but became ill. He was sent to a military hospital in Henley-on-Thames, but died there of ‘spotted fever’. Private Benjamin Burford was 40 years of age.

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