Walter Beckwith Burford
Walter Beckwith Burford ( -1950) of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway
1920 Joined ICE.
1932 Married. 'took place at Bombay, India, on 14th ult., when Mr. Walter Beckwith Burford, Indian State Railways, elder son of the late Mr. W. J. Burford and of Mrs. Burford, Lexham Gardens, London, was united in marriage to Miss Vera Menary, M. B., elder daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Menary, Glenmore, Lurgan, and step-daughter of Mrs. T. G. Menary, Glenmore, Lurgan.'[1]
1950 Died. 'Lieut.-Colonel Walter Beckwith Burford, of Glenmore, Lurgan, who died suddenly on Sunday evening, took a prominent part in the Boy Scout movement since he went to reside in Lurgan in 1945. He was District Commissioner for the Lurgan area. A native of London, Colonel Burford was for many years In the Colonial Service In India. He served in France and Salonika with the Royal Engineers in the 1914-18 war, attaining the rank of captain and being mentioned in despatches. When the war ended he resumed his work In India. Long associated there with the R.E. Battalion (A.I.F.), he was appointed its commanding officer with the rank of lieutenant-colonel and held that command until his retirement in 1945. serving brother of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, he was chairman of the County Down Committee of the St. John Ambulance Association. He is survived by his wife, a daughter of the late Mr. T. G. Menary, solicitor. Lurgan, and a son, who is at school in England. Portadown Rotary Club adjourned their monthly luncheon meeting yesterday because of the death of Colonel Burford.'[2]