In Memory Of

BURTON, WILLIAM WESTBROOKE

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 1915-05-14
Service No:
 61045
Rank:
 Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
 104 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1941-08-20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Wellington W5416, target Kiel, presumed lost over the North Sea on return leg
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 29.
Cemetery:
 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Surrey
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of the Rt. Hon. Henry Burton, P.C., K.C., LL.B., and Helen Marie Burton, of Retreat, Cape Province, South Africa. B.A. (Oxon.). Educated at Diocesan College, Rondebosch, Cape Town and matriculated in 1934. He read English and graduated with a 4th in 1938. He was named after a famous forbear who died in 1888. Born in Daventry, Northants in 1794, he served the British Empire in South Africa and Australia. He was gazetted Pilot Officer on January 19th 1941. A Wellington bomber pilot. His brother also died on service