John Burrough (rower)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 February 1913 Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 November 1944 (aged 31) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | London Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||
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John Hardy Burrough (1913-1944) was a male rower who competed for England.
Rowing career
Burrough rowed for the London Rowing Club.[1]
He represented the England team[2] and won a gold medal in the eights event at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Australia.[3]
Personal life
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.[4]
References
- ^ "For the Glory of Sport, Commonwealth Games History" (PDF). Nuts. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "Sydney 1938 Team". Team England. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Profile". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.