Private Roger Charles Burroughs
Number: 35194
Company: 74th (Dublin) Company (New), 8th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 23 March 1901
Place: Curragh
Age: 20 years
Trade of calling: Clerk
Place of birth: In the Parish of Templemore, in or near the Town of Templemore, in the County of Tipperary
Family: Single. Father Captain Charles Burroughs, Military Mounted Police, Provost Marshal, The Curragh. Mother Margaret Burroughs (nee Prendergast).
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 9 1/2". Complexion fresh, eyes hazel, hair dark. Two vaccination marks left arm; mole left shoulder blade.
Religion: Roman Catholic
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: March-April 1901
Campaigns: South Africa 1899-1901
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 and 1902 clasps.
DEATH
Date: 7 January 1903
Place: Cape Town
Cause:
Buried/ commemorated: Maitland Cemetery and Memorial, Cape Town. The inscription on his headstone states:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ROGER C. BURROUGHS
74TH DUBLIN COMPY. IMP. YEOY.
AND ELDEST SON OF
CAPTAIN CHAS BURROUGHS
M. M. P. IRELAND
DIED ON 7TH JANY 1903.
AGED 19 YRS AND 9 MTHS
R I P
Records state that Burroughs was 'Transferred to Details Greenpoint [Cape Town] 11.08.02'.
Maitland Memorial
Images sourced from the Find a Grave site.
This page last updated 13 August 2024.