754 of 876 42973 Pte George Burton 1st/1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment Died 18th September 1918 age 19

Son of Samuel and Henrietta Burton of 13 Gladstone Street, Ibstock, Leicester

George had four brothers and two sisters Alfred, Eliza, Annie, John, William and Ernest

In 1911 George aged 12 was still at school

Pte Burton also served with the Leicestershire Regiment

Pte George Burton is remembered with honour at Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Epehy

Keith Wainwright