Identity
Person No.
41465
Service No.
4773
Last Name
First Name
Herbert James
Initials
H J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
38
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DIS 6,077
Died of disease
Cause of Death
Died of pleurisy and tuberculosis of the lungs
Military Service
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Locality
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Awards
Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM and Bar)
United Kingdom
DCM LG 27 September 1901 pg. 6324, MID LG 10 September 1901 pg. 5958 | First record of a sequential SAWGP citation smear; following PersonNu || . Awarded DCM and MID in Boer War as Corporal #12326 in Royal Army Medical Corps. His brother Albert Bursford also died in service 20 Novemb
Mentioned in Despatches (MID)
United Kingdom
pg. 6324, MID LG 10 September 1901 pg. 5958 | First record of a sequential SAWGP citation smear; following PersonNumbers cleared. Award not
Notes
Son of Thomas William and Emma Bursford, of 6 Andrews Yard, Newmarket. Husband of Esther Bursford, of 13 Stephenson Street, East London. Awarded DCM and MID in Boer War as Corporal #12326 in Royal Army Medical Corps. His brother Albert Bursford also died in service 20 November 1917
Research notes
First record of a sequential SAWGP citation smear; following PersonNumbers cleared. Award not independently name-matched.
Citations
DCM LG 27 September 1901 pg. 6324, MID LG 10 September 1901 pg. 5958
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