Private John Burton

Private John Burton, 1st/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in Palestine on 13th November 1917, aged 20. He was the son of Thomas Burton of 49 Horsemarket, Kelso and is buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, Ramleh, Israel. He fell in the successful attack on the Turkish positions in the village of El Mughar in the Judean Hills. Hundreds of prisoners together with machine guns and artillery pieces were captured. This action cost the Battalion 4 Officers and 31 Other Ranks killed and 9 Officers and 138 Other Ranks wounded. The photographs show the Borderers in Palestine in late 1917. The three soldiers pictured all played football for Coldstream F.C.  Alex Lawrie, Willie Cockburn and Jim Murray from Coldstream.

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