BURTON Harry

  • First Name(s):
    Harry 
  • Surname:
    BURTON
  • Service Number:
    SS110300
  • Rank:

    Stoker 1st Class

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HMS Anchusa
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    16th July 1918
  • Age At Death:
    26
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England, Panel 28.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Burton, of Weston Hall, Stoke Works, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

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BURTON Harry Is Named On These Memorials

Stoke Prior St Michael’s Church
Stoke Works Council School now in Stoke Prior First School

Further Information About BURTON Harry

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for navy casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

Harry Burton was born on 5th August 1892 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.  At the time of his death his next of kin was his mother Matilda, Weston Hall, Stoke Works, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.

HMS Anchusa was torpedoed and sunk off the North coast of Ireland by the German submarine U54 on 16th July 1918. Of the one hundred men on board the ship, seventy eight lost their lives.

Harry Burton has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Plymouth Naval Memorial.

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