Private 17595 Marcus Ward GURTON

Private 17595 Marcus Ward Gurton{gallery}Pte M W Gurton{/gallery}{gallery}Theipval-RWR-Atherstone{/gallery}11th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 13th August 1916, aged 19

• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier & Face 9A, 9B and 10B
• Awarded British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Charles Ward and Amy Gurton [nee Deeming]. Charles was the posmaster at Atherstone for many years.
• NNWFHS Memorial: Atherstone and Atherstone Grammar School
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Gurton
• NNWFHS Atherstone War Memorial Page
• Thiepval Memorial
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1897 at Atherstone
  
• Lived at 51 Stafford Street, Atherstone [1911]
  
• Was a schoolboy in 1911
  
• Enlisted 29 Mar 1916