Thomas Harold Burton
Service Number
L/1649
Military Unit
178th Bde Royal Field Artillery
Date of birth
Date of Death
25 Mar 1918 (22 years old)
Place of Birth
Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies
In 1911 he was an office boy for a blouse merchant's agent.
- Family History
- Military History
- Extra Information
- Photographs
Family History
He was the son of Thomas and Fanny Burton and the brother of Gertrude and Fanny Burton. In 1901 the family lived at 44 Barker Gate Nottingham. In 1911 they lived at 41 Ewart Road and at the time of Thomas's death at 42 Russell Road (both Forest Fields Nottingham). Thomas and Fanny later moved to 50 Ramsey Street Scarborough (CWGC).
Military History
'C' Coy, 178th Bde. He died of wounds and is buried in Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval Grave Reference: I C 25
Extra Information
Nottingham Post obituary (abridged), 6 April 1918: 'Burton. Died of wounds March 25th 1918, Gunner Thomas Harold Burton, Royal Field Artillery, age 22. Only son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Burton, 42 Russell Road, Nottingham. Father, mother, sisters.'
Photographs
Thomas Harold Burton
Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone marking his grave at Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleuval, Pas de Calais, France. Courtesy of Murray Biddle