Memorial

E A and N C Burton

Ernest and Nelson Burton

Source: Copyright Jane King

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Current Location

Entering the Cemetery from the Broadway gate, it is to the right of the roundabout., Broadway Cemetery, Broadway, Peterborough, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 4DD, England

OS Grid Reference

TL 19679 99409

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 70102
Description: A Celtic cross stands on a plinth, which bears a carving of the appropriate regimental badge above the inscriptions in lead lettering. (The north face commemorates Ernest Burton, of the Norfolk Yeomanry; the south face commemorates his brother Nelson, of the Norfolk Regiment). The plinth stands upon a base.
Inscription: North face: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ ERNEST ALFRED,/ SIXTH SON OF/ WILLIAM & AMY BURTON./ BORN DECR 16TH 1893,/ KILLED AT ANZAC,/ GALLIPOLI,/ DECR 5TH 1915 South face: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ NELSON CHARLES/ FIFTH SON OF/ WILLIAM & AMY BURTON./ BORN APRIL 22ND 1892,/ DIED FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION./ BURIED VADENCOURT NEAR VERMAND/ OCTR 25TH 1918

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: Date of birth, date and place of death.
Additional Information: CWGC records that Private Ernest Burton, regimental number 1502, of the Norfolk Yeomanry, is named on Panel 20 of Helles Memorial; Private Nelson Burton, regimental number 39221, of 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment, is buried in grave II.A.30 at Vadencourt.

History

Sponsor Type: private

Conservation

Components

Cross

Height: 1460

Width: 240

Depth: 150

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good

Plinth

Height: 720

Width: 570

Depth: 660

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good

Base

Height: 160

Width: 720

Depth: 820

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good