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Private WILLIAM BURTON

Service Number: 14517
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 May 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY

IV. E. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Brother of Robert Burton, of 36, East John St., Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription TO MEMORY EVER DEAR
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2145
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