Private Frederick Leslie Hammond Burton
| Date of Birth | 06/12/1889 |
|---|---|
| Age at Death | 29 |
| Date of Death | 18/02/1919 |
| Service Number | 614886 701749 |
| Military Service | 2nd/19th Bn London Regiment |
| Merton Address | 112 Melrose Avenue, Wimbledon |
| Local Memorial | St. Luke's Church, Wimbledon |
Additional Information
Frederick Leslie Hammond was the son of Jeanette Cecilia and George Frederick Burton, his parents had married around 1887. Baby Frederick Leslie was baptised on the 9th of April 1890, according to baptismal records for St Matthew’s Church in Battersea where his father’s occupation was described as a chemist’s assistant. The Burton family resided at 28 Gowri Road in Battersea.
The 1891 Census reveals that his 29-year-old father Frederick was employed as a first-hand in the manufacturing perfumery industry. At the time of the Census, the Burton family still resided at 28 Gowri Road in Battersea with their 2 children and with their 65-year-old lodger Mary Gould who was described as having independent means.
School admission records reveal that the Burton family resided at 29 Salcott Road and that Frederick Leslie Hammond attended Belleville Road School from the 1st of November 1897 to 1904. Frederick Leslie’s sister Janet attended the Bellville School from the 1st of July 1898 to the 20th of July 1904.
According to the 1901 Census, the Burton family were living at 29 Blackheath Road in Battersea. Frederick George describes his occupation as a drapery clerk.
By 1911, twenty-one-year-old Frederick Leslie was still living at home with his parents at 92 Belleville Road at Wandsworth Common in Battersea. The Census reveals that he was employed as a bank clerk. His parents, Janette Cecilia and Frederick George had been married for 24 years and that they had three children although one child had died in infancy. The Burton family still resided in their 6-room house at 92 Belleville Road in Wandsworth.
Frederick Leslie married Louisa Elizabeth Branwhite Greenacre on the 30th of January 1916. According to the 1911 Census, Louisa describes her occupation as an accountant bookkeeper for a local tailor still living at home with her parents at 112 Melrose Avenue in Wimbledon where she continued to reside with her husband after their marriage in 1916.
Frederick Leslie’s service record is not available through Ancestry. He enlisted in the London Regiment as a private on the 7th of March 1917 and served in Egypt where he contracted and died of smallpox on the 18th of February 1919 according to the UK, Commonwealth Graves Register, he was buried at the Alexandria Hadra War Cemetery.
Frederick Leslie’s estate of £453 5s. 2d was awarded to his widow Louisa Elizabeth according to the probate of his will in 1920.