Reginald John Burton was born on 13 Jul 1892, in Lutton, Northamptonshire ( Oundle, Volume 3b Page 234 ). [1]
Registration indicates :
- Father : John Richard Burton ; Farmer.
- Mother : Mary Ann Emma ( James ) Burton - resident at Lutton.
Registered on 21 Sep 1892
( A copy Registration document is in the family collection of Mike Gill )
He was the son of John Burton and Mary Ann ( James ) Burton.
1901 UK Census : 'In village' ( ie. Piccadilly Farm ), Lutton, Northamptonshire , ( Reference : RG 13 / 1455, Page 3/90, Rows 24-31 ). [2]
Name | Relationship | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
John Burton (m) | Head | M | 37 | Farmer | "Lincoln *" |
Mary Ann Burton (m) | Wife | F | 42 | St.Ives, Huntingdonshire | |
Frank G Burton | Son | M | 10 | Lutton, Northamptonshire | |
Agnes E Burton | Dau | F | 6 | Lutton, Northamptonshire | |
Reginald Burton | Son | M | 8 | Lutton, Northamptonshire | |
Doris I Burton | Dau | F | 5 | Lutton, Northamptonshire | |
Hilda M Burton | Dau | F | 3 | Lutton, Northamptonshire | |
Frederick Williams | Servant | M | 17 | Horse Keeper | Leicester |
'*' Nb. This should have been recorded as 'Lincolnshire' ( ie. Moulton ).
1911 UK Census : Arundel House, Palace Green, Kensington Palace Gardens, Kensington, London - The home of The Hon. Nathaniel Charles Rothschlld ( Banker ). [3] ( Registration District : Kensington : Sub-registration district No. - 2 : ED, institution, or vessel - 13 : Piece - 100 : No. of Schedule = 127 ( Pages 1&2 ) ).[4]
Name | Relationship | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Nathaniel Charles Rothschild (m) | Head | M | 33 | Banker | Buckingham Gate, London |
Rozsika Rothschild (m) | Wife | F | 37 | Navyvarad, Hungary ☆ | |
Miriano Louisa Rothschild | Dau | F | 2 | Oundle, Northants * | |
Elizabeth Charlotte Rothschild | Dau | F | 1 | Kensington, London | |
Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild | Son | M | <6mo | Kensington, London | |
Katherine Mackenzie | Servant | F | 34 | Housekeeper - Domestic | Killearnan, Ross-Shire |
Esther Waller | Servant | F | 33 | House Maid - Domestic | Stepney, London |
Kate Louise Skeates | Servant | F | 20 | House Maid - Domestic | Penton Mewsey, Hampshire |
Elsie Eva Grace Ward | Servant | F | 23 | House Maid - Domestic | Windsor, Berkshire |
Charlotte Kenny | Servant | F | 49 | Parlourmaid - Domestic | Bow, London |
Winifred Sarah Simpson | Servant | F | 20 | Parlour Maid - Domestic | Paddington, London |
Annie Evelyn Crump | Servant | F | 27 | Kitchen Maid -Domestic | Hawkhurst, Kent |
Florence May Lugg | Servant | F | 20 | Scullery Maid - Domestic | Exeter, Devon |
Ethel Louisa Davis | Servant | F | 20 | Basement Maid - Domestic | Brixton, London |
Phoebe Mary Hurren | Servant | F | 23 | Nurse - Domestic | Wangford, Suffolk |
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Ada May Dyer | Servant | F | 19 | Nursery Maid - Domestic | Little Blakenham, Suffolk |
Ottilie Kratochwil | Servant | F | 24 | Lady's Maid - Domestic | Lessowitz, Austria ♤ |
Reginald John Burton | Servant | M | 18 | Odd Man - Domestic | Lutton, Northamptonshire |
Janet Taylor | Servant | F | 42 | Head Nurse - Domestic | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Annie Duncan | Servant | F | 21 | Housemaid - Domestic | Aberdeen, Scotland |
( Nb. :
☆ This is now the city of Oradea in Romania, adjacent to the Hungarian border.
* This is Ashton Wold, which Nathaniel Charles Rothschild rebuilt / restored, just a short distance from Lutton, where Reginald's sister, Agnes Burton was working at the same time.
♤ This may be Lasowice Male, renamed during WWI to Polnisch Lasowitz, and now known as Lasowice Wielkie, in Poland. )
Reginald enlisted into the Northants Yeomanry, Sep 1914 ( Reg. No. 791 ).
Promoted to Sergeant ??-????
At Gailes Camp, North Ayrshire ( ? ) on 10 Jul 1917 ( Ann Rowbottom has a telegram sent by Reginald, to Agnes Burton & Fred Bagshaw on the occasion of their marriage ).
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Joined 8bn Worcestershire Regiment ( Reg. No.145145 ).
Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 16 Oct 1917.
Wounded on 14 Apr 1918, during an attempted counter attack, leading 15 men, on enemy hilltop gun positions and advancing troops, after being pinned down at Neuve Eglise ( Nieuwkerke ). This was preventing a 'fall back' of an almost surrounded position taking place during the Battle of Bailleul, part of the German Spring Offensive of Mar-Jul, 1918 ; captured & taken to Courtrai ( Kortrijk ), a transit point for prisoners & field hospital for wounded men, where he later passed away ( on 15 Apr 1918 )
See battle history : [5]
Reginald ( 25 ) passed away on 15 Apr 1918, in Courtrai ( Kortrijk ), Belgium.
Reginald was buried in Kortrijk ( St.Jan ) Communal Cemetary, Kortrijk ( Courtrai ), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave C9. [6]
A comemorative plaque is mounted inside the Parish Church of St.Peter at Lutton, Northamptonshire
Plaque text :
"BURTON, Reginald John, 2nd Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Died of wounds Monday 15th April 1918 in Military Hospital Courtrai in German hands. Age 25. Son of John Richard and Mary Ann Burton, of Lutton, Oundle, Northants. Served with Northamptonshire Yeomanry from November, 1914, to March, 1917".
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