Lance Corporal Eric Frank Burton
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Burton,
Eric Frank
Date of birth: 1892-06-14
Place of birth: Coventry Warwickshire England
Next of kin: Edmund T. Burton, father. 33 High Street, Bridgnorth, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Fireman
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1915-05-09
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, XXXI. D. 9.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 1553
Highest Rank:
Lance Corporal
(Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry)
Rank detail
Lance Corporal, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded May 8, 1915 at Bellewaerde Lake/Frezenberg
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 432133
LAC ID:
78473
Service file: B1323-S038
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Edmund Thomas Burton and Annie Burton of High Street, Bridgnorth, England
Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in August 1914 [an original]. Wounded at Bellewaerde Lake/Frezenberg May 8, 1915. Died the following day.
Uploader's Research notes: [Lance-Corporal Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2022-03-11