Additions will be checked before being published on the website and where possible will be forwarded to the person who submitted the original entries. Your contact details will not be forwarded, but they can send a reply via this messaging system.
please scroll down to send a message
Pte. Anthony Burton
British Army 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Bensham Terrace, Gateshead, Durham
(d.24th Sept 1918)
Anthony Burton born 1895, was my great grandfather. He was killed in action in France & Flanders on 24th of September 1918 aged just 22 years. Before enlisting in the 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, he married my great grandmother Harriet Armstrong Corbett, born 1893. They met whilst his family were residing at 35 Bensham Terrace, Gateshead, Durham. Harriet's cousin Charlotte lived at 45 Bensham Terrace. They married in 1914 and produced two daughters, Eleanor Burton born 1915 and Thelma Burton (my grandmother) in 1916. Sadly he never got to see his two daughters grow up. Anthony was the son of Henry Burton and Ellen Moodie and brother of Herbert, Sarah, Albert, Elizabeth, Quinton, Robert, John & Thomas Burton. After the war he received the British war medal & Victory medal.
Such a tragic end to a young life. Nevertheless, a very brave man of whom his descendants are immensely proud. He would have been the proud grandfather of five, great grandfather of ten and great great grandfather of nineteen.
