Private George Burrows

Army Number : 58533

Battalion : 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire. Son of Richard and Emma Burrows of Cropwell Bishop. Husband of Mary Kate Burrows, of Wilson’s Farm Cropwell Bishop. He was a farm labourer prior to enlisting at Derby. He was killed in action, 9th April 1917, during the German attack near Hill 60, Belgium.

Buried : Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 2, Row J, Grave 31.

Private George Burrows is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Giles’s Church War Memorial, Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire.
Cropwell Bishop Primary School War Memorial, Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.