Family Life
Burges was the first daughter of Colonel William E. P. Burges (known as Peter) and Millicent P. Burges (née Miller). She was raised at the family's home in South Gloucestershire, called The Ridge. She had one sister.
Burges married Major Stuart B. Rawlins in 1925. They had two sons, Christopher and Philip. Burges died giving birth to her third child, a daughter, in August 1930. The child also died.
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