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Second Lieutenant SIDNEY REX BURTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

78th H.D. Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 11 September 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DERBY (UTTOXETER ROAD) CEMETERY

3431A.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sidney and Florence Gertrude Burton, of The Stoppe, Swarkestone.
  • Personal Inscription WAR'S BITTER COST A DEAR LIFE LOST BUT MEMORY LIVES THROUGH ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

DERBY (UTTOXETER ROAD) CEMETERY
Derbyshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 23
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