The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private T Burton

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Private Thomas BURTON, G/494, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds at Bailleul, Flanders France, 6th July 1915.

19th May 1895, born at Mereworth, Kent, son of Frederick & Alice Mary Burton, North Star Cottages, Mereworth, Kent.

1911 Census - North Star Cottages, Mereworth, Kent - Frecerick Burton, head, age 41, married, labourer, born Paddock Wood; Alice Burton, wife, age 38, married 16 years, 6 children, all still alive, born Hadlow; Thomas Burton, son, age 16, single, house by, domestic, born Mereworth, Kent; Ada Burton, daughter, age 14, school, born Mereworth, Kent; Eva Burton, daughter, age 7, school, born Mereworth, Kent; Lilly Burton, daughter, age 5, school, born Mereworth, Kent; Ivy Burton, daughter, age 1 month, born Mereworth, Kent; Edwin Reynolds, age 26, boarder, labourer, born Hadlow.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent. Resided Manchester, Lancashire.

Buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), I. D. 86. Nord, France and commemorated at St. Lawrence Church, Mereworth, Kent.

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