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Private SIDNEY BURTON

Service Number: 157097
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 October 1916

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY

I. F. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Charles J. and Helen Burton, of London, England; husband of Valentina Burton, of 376, Oakwood Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY AT THE CALL OF DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1968
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