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Private ALBERT BURTON

Service Number: 24516
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU LAWN CEMETERY

B. 10.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David Thomas and Ellen Burton, of 94, Minerva St., Bulwell, Nottingham.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY IN LIFE RESPECTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM IN DEATH LAMENTED BY ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU LAWN CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 229
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