John Burrough (rower)
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| Nationality |  England | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 February 1913 Surrey | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 November 1944 (aged 31) | ||||||||||||||
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John Hardy Burrough (1913-1944) was a male rower who competed for England.
Rowing career
[edit]Burrough represented England and won a gold medal in the eights at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[1][2]
Personal life
[edit]He was the son of Ernest James Burrough and Sophie Burrough, of Epsom, Surrey. He was an works control chemist (distillery and winery) by trade and lived in Downs Avenue, Epsom during 1938.
He was killed during World War II, in 1944 when serving as a flight lieutenant with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and is commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1938 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Profile". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Categories:
- 1913 births
- 1944 deaths
- English male rowers
- Boxers at the 1938 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- People from Epsom
- Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
- Royal Air Force officers
- Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II
- Military personnel from Surrey
- Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games
- 20th-century English sportsmen