Lance Corporal 9977 John BURTON

Lance Corporal 9977 John Burton{gallery}L/Cpl J Burton{/gallery}1st Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s)
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 18th March 1916, aged 20

• Buried: Menin Road South Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave I G 27
  
• Awarded: 1914 Star with Clasp, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of William and Sarah Burton
• NNWFHS Memorial: Grendon and Atherstone Grammar School
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Arnold
• The above link is incorrect for this man!
• NNWFHS Grendon War Memorial Page
• NNWFHS Atherstone Grammar School Page
• Arras Memorial
• Wiltshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born 14 Sep 1896 in Chellaston, Derby. Baptised 15 Nov 1896 in Melbourne,  Derby
• Attended Atherstone Grammar School
  
• Living at Whittington, Grendon
  
• Employed as a servant farm worker [1911]