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Second Lieutenant PERCY CHARLES BURTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 April 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LINDENHOEK CHALET MILITARY CEMETERY

I. H. 8.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edith E. Burton, of Springfield Terrace, Stamford Bridge, York, and the late Walter Burton. Native of Hull.
  • Personal Inscription OURS ARE THE SHADOWS HIS THE LIGHT OF DAY
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Buried or commemorated at

LINDENHOEK CHALET MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 317
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