BURFORD Frederick

  • First Name(s):
    Frederick 
  • Surname:
    BURFORD
  • Service Number:
    106224
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Support Services
  • Corps:
    Royal Army Medical Corps
  • Unit:
    142nd Field Ambulance
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    21st August 1918
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Bienvillers Military Cemetery, France, Grave XVIII. E. 11.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of John and Elizabeth Burford, 87 Balds Lane, Wollescote, Stourbridge

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

BURFORD Frederick Is Named On These Memorials

Lye and Wollescote War Memorial
Lye Christ Church Window
Wollescote School

Further Information About BURFORD Frederick

Frederick Burford was the son of John and Elizabeth Burford of Wollescote and attended Wollescote school. He enlisted in the Medical Corps and by 1918 was serving in 142nd Field Ambulance Company which was operating with the 3rd Division. They were engaged in the northern sector of the Somme battlefield and took part in the memorable opening battle of the Advance to Victory on the 21st August. German resistance was fierce but the battle was a striking success for the Allies. Among the many casualties, however, was Private Frederick Burford who was killed in action.

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