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Private Sidney Burton

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Burton, Sidney
Date of birth: 1883-06-04
Place of birth: London England
Next of kin: Wife - Valentine Burton 332 Oakwood Avenue Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Plasterer
Occupation (normalized): Plasterer, General
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1916-10-02
Cause of death: Killed in action

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 157097
Highest Rank: Private (18th Battalion)
Rank detail

Private, 18th Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no

RESEARCH INFORMATION

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CWGC ID: 195799
LAC ID: 78657
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B1327-S018
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Charles J. and Helen Burton, of London, England; husband of Valentina Burton, of 376, Oakwood Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.

PTE. S. BURTON KILLED

Pte. Sidney Burton, 33d Oakwood avenue, who was killed in action Oct. 2nd, left Toronto just [x] months abo to the day with the 81st Battalion. Overseas he was transferred to another battalion, and was over three months in the trenches when killed. He is married and his widow and 4 boys live at the above address. He is a plasterer by trade and came out of London ten years ago. He is 33 years old. One brother, W.H. Burton, have been at the front for some months.

Pte. Burton is well known in England as a bicycle rider, and holds many prizes and medals.

For nearly three years Pte. Burton worked on the cement stonework of the new Knox College.

Toronto Star. October 25, 1916

Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 18th Battalion ee ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2017-04-15