Lieutenant George Philip Burlton

nobody@flickr.com (IWM Collections) — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 04:29:47 -0700

1 Battalion, Norfolk Regiment

Lt Burlton, who had been awarded the Military Cross, was one of two officers of 1 Norfolk Regiment reported missing on 4 June 1916.

Lt Burlton and Lt Edwards are believed to have been killed when they went up a sap on the Arras-Bailleul Road about a mile out of Arras. Lt Burlton is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.

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Private Archibald Clement Thornton

nobody@flickr.com (IWM Collections) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:39:05 -0700

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20 Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment, Canadian Infantry

Pte Thornton was educated at Wellington School and Clare College, Cambridge in England. At the outbreak of war in 1914, he was working in Canada and enlisted there as a private in preference to training for a commission.

A good linguist, Pte Thornton served as a listener on the Western Front, monitoring enemy activity and gathering intelligence. This was a particularly dangerous deployment as listening posts were usually sited some 30 yards ahead of the front line. Pte Thornton was wounded twice on 17 November 1915.

Efforts to treat his injuries, including the amputation of a leg, were unsuccessful and he died on 21 November. Pte Thornton is buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord).

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