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Military service
Service number:
775991
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
21st Bn.
Birth:
February 27, 1895
Enlistment:
Brampton, Ontario
Death:
April 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mary Ann Wild (formerly Burton), of 97, Hassock Lane, Shipley, Derby, England, and the late James Burton.
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Harry Burton
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Newspaper Clipping
Pte. Harry Burton enlisted in the 126th (Peel) Battalion C.E.F. in Brampton, Ontario, in March 1916. Burton was born in Ripley, Derbyshire, England. In honoured memory. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Burton
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Burton
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Burton
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Burton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 211 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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