John Burrough (rower)


John Hardy Borrough was a male rower who competed for England.

Rowing career

Burrough represented England and won a gold medal in the eights at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Personal life

He was an works control chemist 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 and is commemorated at the Runnymeade Memorial.