John Morton Hampden Burrows

[zetlander]

Born 1921 died 1985 and buried in St John the Baptist Danbury cemetery  ref 826 -
can anyone access the grave inscription?
He may have been a policeman - how can I find out?
Thanks.

[CaroleW]

Should this not be on the Essex board?  Have asked moderator to move it

If he married - his occ will be on the cert or his death cert will show his occupation

[jorose]

https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19591121-1.2.86.1
 - married in 1959 in Singapore

https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19550401-1.2.150
 - arrived there in 1955 to work for B.R.C. (British Reinforced Concrete engineering co) as an engineer, having worked for eight years in "various government departments".

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HBYSAQAAMAAJ&q=%22John+Morton+Hampden%22&dq=%22John+Morton+Hampden%22
 - he is listed among the members of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1965, then still with B R C Weldmesh Malaya, and living in Singapore.

[zetlander]

jorose - thank you very much for the info on John Burrows - unfortunately he's not the one I was after but I can now cross him off my list of possibilities  --  cheers!