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Pte. John Henry Burton
British Army 15th Btn., D Coy. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:112 Partington Lane, Swinton
(d.1st July 1916)
Private John Burton, 16th Platoon, D Company, 15th (1st Salford Pals) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers was killed in action, at the Battle of Thiepval on 1st July 1916. He was a miner working for the Clifton & Kearsley Coal Company at Astley Colliery. He was aged 20 and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.