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L/Cpl. Charles Burton
British Army 1/4th Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Halifax
(d.14th April 1918)
Charles Burton was born in Huddersfield and at the time of his death his wife, Mary Sarah nee Chadburn and infant daughter Alice lived in Pontefract.
He served in the 1st/4th Battalion of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. They were part of 148th Brigade which were themselves part of the 49th (West Riding) Division from May 1915.
The Division fought through the Somme and Passchendaele into 1918 and Charles was killed in action on the 14th April 1918 during the many battles near Ypres. His name is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.