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Pte. William Thomas Gorton

British Army 9th Btn. Royal Fusiliers

from:Acton, London

(d.1st December 1916)

William Gorton born about 1880 was the son of Henry and Bessie Gorton. The 1911 census shows him living with his widowed father (his mother had died prior to 1901), his sister Edith and aunt Mary Egleton at 6 East Row The Steyne, Acton; He is a general labourer. He married Eleanor F Gorton and remained living in Acton, London.

He served with the 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers and died on the 1st of December 1916 whilst a Prisoner of War in German Hands. He is buried in Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Hessen, Germany and is remembered on the War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Acton, London.



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