Remembering Today Casualty Warrant Officer Class I (Sub-Conductor) BURTON, GEORGE Service Number 7649246 Died 30/06/1944 Aged 29 Royal Army Ordnance Corps Son of William Henry and Nellie Burton, of Sheffield; husband of Edna Burton, of Shiregreen, Sheffield. INSCRIPTION: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE BELOVED HUSBAND OF EDNA. ONE OF THE BEST Buried at SHEFFIELD (SHIREGREEN) CEMETERY Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom Number of casualties: 69 Cemetery/memorial reference: Sec. F. (Cons.). Grave 5805.
UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 Name: George Burton Given Initials: G Rank: Warrant Officer Class I Death Date: 30 Jun 1944 Number: 7649246 Birth Place: Sheffield Residence: Sheffield Branch at Enlistment: Other Corps Theatre of War: United Kingdom Regiment at Death: Royal Army Ordnance Corps Branch at Death: Other Corps I wonder if this is him as well ?? -right age, right place England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: George Burton Death Age: 29 Birth Date: abt 1915 Registration Date: Sep 1944 Registration district: Sheffield Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding Volume: 9c Page: 337 Maybe some kind member might come along with a newspaper cutting TD
1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION 142 Honeysuckle Road, Sheffield C.B., Yorkshire (West Riding) NAME DOB OCCUPATION William H Burton 22 Jan 1888 Corporation Employee Incapacitated Nellie Burton 14 Jun 1887 Unpaid Domestic Duties Nellie Humble (Burton) 16 Nov 1907 Shorthand Typist (Coal Trade) George Burton 29 Jun 1915 Out Door Corporation Wages Clerk Leslie Burton 09 Jun 1921 Engineers Precision Gauge Maker Marriages Jun 1940 Burton George Hearnshaw Sheffield 9c 1651 Hearnshaw Edna Burton Sheffield 9c 1651 No children. George died the day after his 29th birthday: