- Benjamin
- BURFORD
- 137953
Sapper
- WW1
- Army
- Engineers
- Corps of Royal Engineers
- Royal Engineers
- 237th Field Company
- None
- 12th May 1916
- Unknown
- Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Oxfordshire, England, Grave I1. 42.
- Born Birmingham, enlisted Stourbridge, Worcestershire
- Unknown
- Unknown
BURFORD Benjamin Is Named On These Memorials
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.