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GEORGE EDWARD BURTON
Kingston upon Hull HU5 3DA
England
BORN HULL 1897. ENLISTED HULL. HDM SEPT. 1916. SON OF GEORGE THOMAS & BETSY ANN BURTON OF 12, OAKLAND VILLA, REYNOLDSON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS)
BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR FIELD & CO, HULL MARKET PLACE.
HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A CYCLIST WITH THE 5TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/08/1916, AGED 19.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 9TH SEPTEMBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
Hauts-de-France
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