BURTON, WALTER, Driver. No. 5952. Royal Field Artillery, 8. of the late William Burton, by his wife. Elizabeth, dau. of John Mercer: b. Warrington: co. Lancaster. 30 Nov. 1879: educ. Hamilton Street School there volunteered for active service in Sept 1914, but was rejected: enlisted in the R.F.A. 25 Oct. 1915: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following Dec., taking part in many engagements, including the operations at Lens, on the Somme, at Ypres and the relief of Lille, also at Passchendaele Ridge. and died at the General Hospital, Rouen, 16 Nov. 1918, of influenza, contracted while on service. Buried in St. Sebius Cemetery Extension. He m. at the
Parish Church. Warrington. 19 Nov. 1903. Sarah Ellen (8. Brackley Street. Warrington), dau. of the late William Stringer, and had three children: Walter, b. 18 Nov. 1908: Eva. b. 2 Aug. 1905. and Lilian, b. 9 Feb, 1907.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5