Daniel BURGES VC. DSO Lieutenant Colonel. Born 1st July 1873 at 36 Bernard Street, Bloomsbury, London according to his birth certificate. He was living with his parents, Daniel Travers and Alice Sarah Burges, at (1881) of 3 Leigh Road, Clifton, Bristol In 1891 he was pupil at St Mary's College, Winchester. On the 7th December 1899 he married Nita Fortiscue at Aldershot Parish Church. He was aged 26 and a Lieutenant with the 2nd Gloucestershire Regiment, living at Salamanca Barracks, Aldershot, father Daniel Travers Burges. Nita, was aged 28, spinster, of St Helier, Jersey, Father, Edmund, late Captain, Rifle Brigade. In 1911 his mother was now a widow and she was living at Talbots End House, Cromhall, Gloucestershire. His father died 15th September 1900. He was living with his wife at 12 Vyvyan Terrace, Clifton, Bristol, His mother died on the 7th June 1915, home address was The Grove, Clevedon, Somerset. He, nor his wife could be found in the 1901 and 1911 census. He would have been in 1901, fighting in the Boer War. He died at his home in Bristol on the 24th October 1946 and his ashes are interred at Arnos Vale, Cemetery, Bristol. His wife Nita, (correct name was Katherine Blanche), of the King's House, Tower of London died on the 29th January 1931. Her effects went to her husband, Dan Burges, Lieutenant Colonel, H.M.Forces.
