Name
Frank Burton
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
The Parish Magazine of September 1918 records Frank as being ‘called to service’. Parish and census records suggest the following possible men:
The first was baptised on March 2nd 1873, and was the son of George and Emma Burton. He would have been about forty at the outbreak of war. This Frank married Esther Kate and they are buried in St. Mary’s churchyard. Frank died in 1950 aged seventy-seven and Esther in 1958 aged sixty-nine.
The second was baptised May 16th 1875 and was the son of Amos and Sarah Burton and so he would have been about thirty-eight at the outbreak of war. By 1911, he had left his parents’ home and does not appear elsewhere in the Pirton census. The census also confirms that Amos and Sarah had eleven children, of whom seven had died, so this Frank had three living siblings.
Unfortunately, at this time, it is not known which, if either, is the Frank Burton who served, but unless the older man had previous military experience and if the enlistment rules were applied, then it is only the younger man who could have served.
Acknowledgments
Text from the book ‘The Pride of Pirton’ by Jonty Wild, Tony French & Chris Ryan used with author's permission
