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Name: BURROUGH, Herbert Strong (Lieut.)

Birth Date: 13.12.1876 Clun, Shropshire

Death Date: 12.9.1952 Wantage

First Date: 1905

Profession: 4th KAR, Commandant, Nimule

Area: Nimule, Uganda, EAHB 1906 - Entebbe

Married: In Westminster 11 Jan 1913 Mabel Emily Josephine Burrows b. 13 Feb 1880 Shortlands, Kent, d. 20 Oct 1963 Honiton, Devon

Children: Suzanne Mabel (12 Mar 1917 Marylebone-1993); Mary (4 Oct 1920 Hendon-2003)

Book Reference: EAHB 1905, EAHB 1906, North, EAHB 1907, Chandler

General Information:

North - From Warwick; 4th Batt. Shropshire LI (Militia); Honorary Lieut. in army 5-9-1902; appt subaltern 4th Batt KAR 9-11-1903; resident at Hoima July 1904.
Chandler - Captain Burrough once shot an elephant in Uganda whose tusks had a combined weight of 340 pounds, making it one of the largest ever.
1939 England and Wales Register living in Wantage with wife

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