Private William Walter Burton
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Burton,
William Walter
Date of birth: 1890-07-16
Place of birth: Arthur Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mrs. Catherine Burton (mother,) 152 Montgomery Ave., Detroit, Michigan
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Baker
Occupation (normalized): Baker, General
Address:
152 Montgomery Ave., Detroit, Michigan
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1917-11-11
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 1045987
Highest Rank:
Private
(20th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 20th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army). 1917-04-20 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: During enemy shelling of the front lines at Passchendaele, he was taking shelter in a funk hole, when a shell landed on the top of it, and killed him.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 922575
LAC ID:
78719
Service file: B1328-S035
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from "The Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948" database [Private Army Canadian Infantry 241st Battalion, Canadian Scottish Borderers Private Army Canadian Infantry 20th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-01-13