Lance Corporal BURTON POPPLETON
Service Number: 15/1251
Regiment & Unit/Ship
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
15th/17th Bn.
Date of Death
Died 14 August 1918
Age 27 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Joe and Mary Ann Poppleton, of Featherstone, Yorkshire.
- Personal Inscription 'TIS SAD, BUT 'TIS TRUE WE CANNOT TELL WHY THE BEST ARE THE FIRST TO DIE
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