Captain G A Burton 7th West York (Leeds) Rifles experiences in Zululand and battle of Ulundi

Posts : 3458 Join date : 2021-01-04

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Leeds Mercury - Tuesday 26 August 1879

Awkward to assess this from my current location. However, a couple of things jar with me. Infantry Militia in Yorkshire went up to six units, rather than seven.

The 4th West Yorkshire Militia were headquartered in Leeds, there was Brevet Major - substantive rank Captain - & Adjutant H. A. Burton, formerly of the 14th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment.

So at least a couple of variations from the newspaper report.

JY

Posts : 3458 Join date : 2021-01-04

Another report from Burton and at the end of this report confirmation he was there.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Leeds Mercury - Tuesday 11 November 1879

Posts : 3458 Join date : 2021-01-04

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Evening Mail - Friday 07 November 1879

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 02 March 1880

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Naval & Military Gazette and Weekly Chronicle of the United Service - Wednesday 26 March 1884

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Volunteer Record & Shooting News - Saturday 26 December 1885

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Bury Free Press - Saturday 03 May 1941

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Yorkshire Evening Press - Saturday 21 June 1890

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Beverley Independent - Saturday 28 January 1893

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Bury and Norwich Post - Tuesday 06 June 1899

Posts : 1069 Join date : 2009-10-16

Hi All
Another hard one find and not completed, from the reports, he served in Thomas Marshall's wing[squadron] of the Natal Light Horse, there is a G Burton Sgt Maj on the roll. By 1893 he is living in Devonport, and retires from the 3rd Suffolk Regt in 1899.
George Arthur [and in later records Jackson] Burton birth record march Qtr 1852 Howden East Riding of Yorkshire District. On the 1891 census Portsea rtd Major M.to Elizabeth 3 children all born Leeds Yorkshire, He married Elizabeth Ann Ellis 9 Sept 1880 Christchurch Crewe Cheshire. He possibly remarries in 1901 and 1906 both in Sussex. But not much else.
Rai KLH

» For Sale: G.A. Chadwick-The Second Invasion of Zululand and the Battle of Ulundi
» Captain George Conyers Baker Baker of Elemore Captain 60th Rifles.
» The Battle of Ulundi