Burrows, Edgar Allison, 1889-1979, RN Commander

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Burrows, Edgar Allison, 1889-1979, RN Commander

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1889-1979

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Born in 1889; qualified as an accountant, 1912; joined RN, 1914; served on HMS PARTRIDGE and HMS ST GEORGE; saw action at Gallipoli, 1915; served in Salonika, Greece, 1916-1918; served on staff of Adm Ernest Charles Thomas Troubridge, Serbia, 1918-1919; Treasurer, Interallied (later International) Commission on the Danube, Hungary, 1919-1920; worked for the Admiralty in Shipping Casualties Section, Trade Division, interviewing survivors of sunk and damaged ships, [1939-1945]; died in 1979.

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KCL-AF0109

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0099 KCLMA

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Further information is available at the National Archives (F49960)

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