Company Serjeant Major JOHN EDWIN BURTON
Service Number: 3/27906
Regiment & Unit/Ship
East Lancashire Regiment
9th Bn.
Date of Death
Died 28 April 1917
Age 38 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Son of John and Sarah Burton, of Blackburn; husband of Sarah Ellen Burton, of 35, Moorfield Avenue, Wilpshire, Blackburn.
- Personal Inscription HE LAID HIS GREATEST GIFT ON DUTY'S ALTAR-HIS LIFE FROM HIS LOVING WIFE & SON
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