Burgess, Egerton
Regiment: 22nd Company Imperial Yeomanry (Cheshire)
Rank: Private
Service No: 9033
Boer War service: 14 Apr 1900 to 16 Aug 1900
Date of enlistment: 12 Mar 1900
Date of discharge: 26 Oct 1900
Reason for discharge: Discharged at his own request
Other information: Egerton had previously served as a volunteer in the Local Militia
Born: 8 April 1880 in Dodcott near Wrenbury, Cheshire and baptised 19 June 1881
Family: He was one of nine children born to Thomas and Louisa Burgess. He was unmarried at the time of the Boer War, subsequently marrying Clara L Chambers in 1911 at King’s Norton, Warwickshire
Residence: In 1881 and 1891 he was living in Burleydam with his parents and siblings; in 1901 the family were living at 7 Brownlow Street, Whitchurch
Employment: He was a watchmaker, apprenticed to Joyces of Whitchurch when he enlisted
Death: In 1921 in Kings Norton, Warwickshire and was buried 4 July the same year at St Peter’s, Harbourne, Staffordshire
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