Born at Thrapston, Northants, c.1833.
[PB: It is possible he was related to 624, John Burton, 11th Hussars — both were born in Northants.]
Enlisted at London on the 5th of January 1852.
Age: 19.
Height: 5' 8".
Trade: Labourer.
He was servant to Captain Cresswell, 11th Hussars, in the Crimea. (See his record for the story of what his servant was expected to do.)
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.
Died, "of cholera", at Balaclava on the 18th of October 1854.
Next of kin: Mother, Mary Threadgold, living in Cranford, Northampton.