Aircraftman Wilfred Arthur Burfoot, 1221119, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, was born in East Grinstead District in 1907. He lived at Toll Bar Cottage, Cat Street, Hartfield and enlisted on 14th January 1915 in Brighton. He died of natural causes on 12th February 1943 on board the troopship HT Duchess of Richmond, en route to the Far East., age about 36 and was buried at sea. He is listed on the Singapore Memorial : Column 427.
He was the son of Horace (1870) & Kate (Ashby) Burfoot. His brother Bertram died on 14th December 1917.
Listed on the War Memorials in Colemans Hatch and Hartfield.
