Horace Orton (1897 - 1917)

Born 1897 in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Died 1917 at about age 20 in United Kingdom

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Biography

• Fact: Birth Registration (1897) Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
• Fact: Residence (31 March 1901) Horninglow, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
• Fact: Residence (1911) Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
• Fact: Military Service (1915)
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch

->1897 Birth @ Burton Upon Trent, United Kingdom

ELTON was the maiden surname for the mother of Horace ORTON born during Oct-Nov-Dec 1897 in the Registration district of Burton Upon Trent. ^[1]

Horace Orton, born in 1896 at Burton On Trent, Staffordshire, England, was in Military Service in 1915 at Staffordshire, England, aged 19 years in the North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's), Military Regiment 11/19402, of the 11th, 8th Battalion.^[2]

Horace Orton died in 1917 in the United Kingdom. His Military Service Number was 19402, he held the Rank of Private with the North Staffordshire Regiment.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ GROBirth: General Register Office - Births; Index of England and Wales Birth Registrations; Crown Copyright; online repository search https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp ; Accessed 15Oct2021 Volume 06B Page 425
2. ↑ "United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVB5-2XV6 : 16 March 2018), Horace Orton, 1915; citing , Staffordshire, England, North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's), regiment #11/19402, publication WO 363, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 7,276,825.
3. ↑ GRO War Death Army Other Ranks (1914 to 1921); Line 107; Page 298; British nationals armed forces deaths 1796-2005; Reference ARR1, Volume I.48; database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68F5-MJMN : 2 September 2021), Horace Orton, 1917.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 19 October 2021, 22:12), entry for Horace Orton (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LRXH-VFN ); contributed by various users.