Name
Alfred Frank Burton
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Pirton School Memorial
Biography
Alfred appears on the School War Memorial, confirming that he attended the school. He is recorded in the Parish Magazine of September 1915 as enlisting during 1914 and serving in the 1st Hertfordshire Regiment.
A search of the parish and census records is not conclusive; only one Alfred Frank Burton is found and he was born in 1900, which would appear to make him too young to have enlisted during 1914. Although it was not unknown for boys of fourteen to enlist, it would be very unusual and illegal.
Alfred married Emily and both are recorded in St. Mary’s Church Garden of Rest. Arthur died in 1966 and Emily in 1985.
Acknowledgments
Text from the book ‘The Pride of Pirton’ by Jonty Wild, Tony French & Chris Ryan used with author's permission
