 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Burrell akaberekerwa muLonghoughton, Northumberland, England, pana 26 February 1777. Aive mwanakomana wechipiri waJohn Burrell, esq. weLonghoughton, nemukadzi wake Barbara Peareth weNewcastle. Akabatana neBritish Army semukuru mu15th East Riding Yorkshire Regiment muna 1797 uye akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant gare gare gore iroro. Muna 1805, akabatana nekambani uye paakanga achipfuura achienda kuWest Indies, ngarava yekutakura yaakanga apinda nayo yakarwiswa nechikepe chikuru cheFrance, icho chakarohwa nekurasikirwa kukuru. Burrell akava mukuru mu90th Light Infantry muna 1807, akanga ari pakutora Guadeloupe muna 1810, uye akashanda muhondo muCanadamuna 1814 na 1815, mushure mokunge vatungamirira nzvimbo yeFort-Major munguva yechando yegore iroro. Akaenda kuEurope muna 1815, asi akazosvika hondo yeWaterloo isati yatanga. Aenda kuParis, akaramba ari ikoko kusvikira uto rinopamba raumbwa muna December asati adzokera kuEngland muna July 1816. 