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Leading Seaman ERNEST BURTON

Service Number: 193491
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

(RFR/CH/B/8349). H.M. Submarine C.16.

Date of Death

Died 16 April 1917

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SHOTLEY (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD

Submarine Enclosure.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Medal
  • Additional Info Son of the late C. W. Burton, of Cubitt Town, Poplar, London.
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Buried or commemorated at

SHOTLEY (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
Suffolk United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 352
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