Wilfred Tom Burr
Surname: Burr
Other names: Wilfred Tom
Locations in this story: Shaftesbury, DorsetEnmore Green, Motcombe, DorsetBrierley Road, Leyton, EssexWest Ham, Essex
Story: Wilfred Tom Burr was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 17th January 1894 and baptised at Holy Trinity Church on 25th February 1894, the son of Thomas Burr and Ellen Selina Burr (née Jenkins). The 1901 Census shows the family living in Enmore Green, Motcombe, Dorset. He enlisted on 31st August 1914 with the 5th Dragoon Guards as a Private (Service No. 10118) but was soon discharged on 5th October 1914 due to defective eyesight. He married Lily Elizabeth Goult in 1921 in the West Ham, Essex, Registry area. They went on to have four children. By 1939 the family were living at 48 Brierley Road, Leyton, Essex, and Wilfred was working as a Slaughterman. He died in 1954.
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