The Roll of Honour

BURTON, Leonard J (1896 – 1917)

1917, British, Cemeteries & Memorials, Duisans British Cemetery - Etrun, France, Nationality, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, World War 1

Full Name: Leonard John Burton

Nationality: British

Rank: Able Seaman

Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Vessel: Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division

Age at Death: 21

Date of Death: 22 April 1917

Service Number: Z/413

Cemetery: Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France

Grave reference: II. P. 5.

CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/168921/BURTON,%20LEONARD%20JOHN

EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/168921/

Leonard was born in 1896 in Fairlight, Hastings, England, the last of 5 children born to Charles and Annie Burton (nee Hopper).

In Flanders fields the poppies grow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

John McCrae, May 1915