6896927 Corporal Francis Pavitt Jenks BURLTON, MiD, 1 Queen Victoria's Rifles, KRRC: 24/05/1940

Army Number: 6896927
Rank: Corporal
Name: F P J BURLTON, MiD
Unit: Queen Victoria's Rifles


London Gazette : 20 September 1945
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37274/supplement/4683/data.pdf
The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Defence of Calais in May, 1940.
Infantry.
Queen Victoria's Rifles.
6896927 Cpl. F. P. J. BURLTON.

 

London Gazette : 20 September 1945
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37274/supplement/4683/data.pdf

 

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/f...details/2214596/francis-pavitt-jenks-burlton/
CORPORAL FRANCIS PAVITT JENKS BURLTON
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Service Number: 6896927
Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn. Queen Victoria's Rifles, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Date of Death: 24 May 1940
Age 27 years old
Buried or commemorated at CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Grave Reference: Plot K. Grave 11.
Location: France
Additional Info: Son of Francis Arthur and Edith Clarissa Burlton; husband of Violet Maud Burlton, of Wrexham, Denbighshire.
Personal Inscription: "IN EVERLOVING MEMORY." FATHER, MOTHER, FAMILY. "A PLACE IN MY HEART ALWAYS" VIOLET

 

See also:

• Private Diary: CALAIS, May 1940, 1st Battalion QUEEN VICTORIA'S RIFLES, Major TL Timpson