Name
Carey Thomas Burrage
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
180755
Royal Engineers
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
Carey Burrage was born at Bedmond in 1878. He was one of three sons and two daughters of John and Elizabeth Burrage. Carey’s younger brother Arthur also served in the Great War. His elder brother, Ernest emigrated to Australia on 10th November 1908. In 1891 the family lived near Toms Lane, however by the 1911 Census they lived in Abbots Road, Abbots Langley. John’s trade was a Carpenter in 1881, but by 1891 he worked as a Builder, and continued this mode of employment until 1911.
In the 1901 Census Carey worked as a Bricklayer and was living in Cheriton, Kent. On 9th June 1902 he married Selina Wadhams in Kent. By 1904 the couple had moved back to Abbots Langley, where their first daughter, Ella, was born. Three more children followed, by 1909, two more daughters and a son. In 1911 the family lived at 33 Breakspeare Road, Abbots Langley, and Carey worked as a Bricklayer, employed by the Board of Guardians of the St Pancras Schools.
The Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour first recorded Carey Burrage in August 1916, serving with the Royal Engineers. He was recorded each month throughout the War with the Royal Engineers until December 1918.
Carey was listed in the Autumn 1918, Spring 1919, and Autumn 1919 Absent Voter Records, serving as a Sapper with the AP (Advanced Parks) Company of the Royal Engineers, and gave his address at 23 Adrian Road, Abbots Langley. The Advanced Parks Companies were responsible for setting up and organising stores and dumps of goods and equipment.
Carey Burrage and his brother Arthur both survived the War.
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
