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Corporal H BURTON

Service Number: 33359
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY

LI. B. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Rachel Burton, of Oldham; husband of Lilian Burton, of 6, Hazel Grove, Southport.
  • Personal Inscription SACRIFICE NOT SELF
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Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 7485
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