Grave of Richard Burton DSC

Name: Richard Burton DSC

Number: N/A

Rank: Captain

Unit: Royal Marine Light Infantry 6th Battalion

Date of Death: 8 September 1919

Location: Murmansk New British Cemetery

Country: Russia

Notes: 2nd Battalion Royal Marine Light Infantry. Believed last RM Officer killed during WW1 and its prolongation in Russia. Inscription: Name also inscribed on Brookwood Memorial. Enlisted 1907.