ALFRED JOHN ARTHUR BURROWS
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG”: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Born: 1st November 1910, at 42, Salisbury Road, Ipswich.
Died: 11th November 1943; age: 33; killed in a Japanese bomb raid at Kumbhirgram.
Residence: 13, Medway Road, Ipswich.
Occupation: a Gas Meter Collector.
Rank: Corporal; Service Number: 1198266.
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 110 Squadron.
Grave Reference:
- E. 3.
Guwahati,
Assam,
India.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son John Alfred & Florence May Burrows; husband of Lilian Alice Burrows, of Kempston, Bedfordshire.
CENSUS
1911 42, Salisbury Road, Ipswich.
Alfred was 5 months old and living with his parents & sisters.
John Alfred Burrows, 27, a House Painter, born Ipswich.
Florence May Burrows (nee King), 27, born Dedham, Essex.
Florence May King Burrows, 7, born Ipswich.
Ivy Catherine Burrows, 4, born Ipswich.
Olive Ada L. Burrows, 2, born Ipswich.
1921 42, Salisbury Road, Ipswich.
Alfred was 10 years and 7 months old. He attended School and lived with his parents and siblings.
John Burrows, 38 years & 7 months old, a Foreman House and General Decorator for John Jepson & Son (Thomas Owen Jepson – Builder and Decorator, of Cliff Building Yard, Cliff Road, Ipswich.
Florence Burrows, 39 years & 1 month old, Home Duties.
May Burrows, 17 years & 5 months old, a Milliner for Herbert John Bacon Johnson – Draper and Milliner, of 176, Felixstowe Road, Ipswich.
Ivy Burrows, 15 years & 2 months old, a Dressmaker for Miss Matilda Holmes – Ladies Costumier, of 29, Lower Brook Street, Ipswich.
Olive Burrows, 12 years & 8 months old, at School.
Iris Edith Burrows, at School, born Ipswich.
Donald Henry Burrows, 6 years old, at School, born Ipswich.
In 1936, Ipswich, Alfred married Lilian Alice Waters, born February 1914, Ipswich, daughter of Charles John Waters, a carpenter, and May Marie (nee Bloom), and stepdaughter of Frederick Walter Newman, a milk roundsman, of 28, Felix Road, Ipswich.
Charles John Waters was killed in action in 1915, aged 31.
ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939
Alfred was a Gas Meter Collector and an Air Raid Precaution Warden, he was living with Lilian at their family home – 13, Medway Road, Ipswich.
Probate to Lilian Alice Burrows – widow.
Alfred is also remembered on the war memorial at St. Augustine of Hippo, Ipswich.
11th November 1943
Aircraft: Vultee Vengeance dive bomber; based at Kumbhirgram Airfield, Eastern India. The unit was carrying out attacks on the Japanese across the border in Burma.
On the 11th November 1943, at 09:12hrs, a force of 18 Japanese Ki48 bombers escorted by 6 Ki43 fighters attacked Kumbhirgram airfield. There had been warning of the raid and the based squadrons – 110 and 45 – managed to scramble their Vengeance aircraft before the enemy attacked. This prevented them from being destroyed on the ground. The Japanese dropped about 50 bombs which damaged 5 aircraft (1 from 45 Squadron and 4 from 110 Squadron) that had not been able to take off. Three 110 Squadron ground crew were killed in the raid which targeted the aircraft dispersal areas – Alfred Burrows, John Crockett and James Hall. A further 6 110 Squadron personnel were wounded, 2 of them seriously.
John Joseph Crockett; Leading Aircraftman; age: 24; R.A.F.V.R.
James McKendrick Hall; Leading Aircraftman; age: 31; R.A.F.V.R.
Aircraft information courtesy of John Allan
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