Private 12259 Robert BURTON

Private 12259 Robert Burton{gallery}Pte R Burton{/gallery}6th Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Killed in action in the Battle of the Somme, France and Flanders, 3rd September 1916, aged 22

• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10A and 10D
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Henry and Ann Maria Burton [nee Devereaux] of Manor Farm, Hurley
• NNWFHS Memorial: Hurley and Minworth Council School
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Pte Burton
• NNWFHS Hurley War Memorial Page
• NNWFHS Minworth War Memorial Page
• Thiepval Memorial
• Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1894 in Minworth [Soldiers Died in the Great War]
• Attended Minworth Council School
  
• Lived at Minworth Green [1901]
  
• Enlisted in Birmingham and lived in Hurley [Soldiers Died in the Great War]